Copco Number 1 Dam
Copco Number 1 Dam is a historic site in California, at a recorded elevation of 795 m. Willow Creek Mountain stands 2,384 m to the south-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Copco Number 2 Dam, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Volcanic Legacy passes 23 miles off.
Removed in 2024
The story
dam in Siskiyou County, California, United States of America
Wikidata Q48983522, matched on coordinates and name (68 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 795 m
How to reach it
- 22.9 mi off the Volcanic Legacy, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Daggett Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Sloan Butte: 1.2 mi
- Bloomingcamp Peak: 1.4 mi
- Close Butte: 1.6 mi
- Coyote Peak: 4.2 mi
- Juniper Point Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
- Tub Springs State Park: 11.0 mi
- Turtle Campground: 13.3 mi
- Spring Island Day Use Site: 15.5 mi
- Sugar Pine County Group Campground: 15.7 mi
- Copco Number 2 Dam: 0.3 mi
- Iron Gate Dam: 6.1 mi
- New Pokegama: 6.7 mi
- Potter's Mill: 6.7 mi
- Klamathon: 10.6 mi
- Klamath River Fishing Access: 12.3 mi
- Butte Valley Wildlife Area: 15.3 mi
- Shasta Valley Wildlife Area: 20.4 mi
- China Hill Yreka Phlox Preserve: 21.7 mi
- Oredson-Todd Woods: 21.9 mi
- Ward's Canyon: 0.8 mi
- Klamath Rim: 1.4 mi
- Rock Slide: 18.4 mi
- Cedar Point: 22.0 mi
- Pompadour Bluff: 22.1 mi
- Mirror Cove Picnic Area: 5.5 mi
- Martins Dairy Picnic Area: 14.8 mi
- Madrone: 24.4 mi
- Lower Greenhorn Picnic Area: 24.7 mi
- Jack Daniel: 14.2 mi
- Captain Morgan: 14.2 mi
- Welcoming Dragon: 20.9 mi
- Welcome Sign / Sculpture: 23.1 mi
- Clay St Community Garden: 22.6 mi
- Japanese Garden: 24.6 mi
- Rose Garden: 24.6 mi
- Ashland Creek Community Garden: 24.7 mi
- Randolph E. Collier Rest Area: 15.0 mi
- Siskiyou Rest Area: 20.8 mi
- Grass Lake Rest Area: 24.8 mi
- ScienceWorks: 23.4 mi
- Green Show: 24.6 mi
- Oregon Shakespeare Festival: 24.6 mi
- Jenny Creek Spring: 15.6 mi
- Big Springs: 18.4 mi
- Railroad Museum: 20.1 mi
- Siskiyou County Museum: 23.6 mi
- Pinehurst: 9.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.0 miles of Copco Number 1 Dam. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willow Creek Mountain | SSE 157° | 2,384 m | 12.3 mi |
| Ball Mountain | SE 144° | 2,373 m | 15.7 mi |
| Butte Mountain | SE 142° | 2,103 m | 11.9 mi |
| Eagle Rock | SE 146° | 2,092 m | 8.5 mi |
| Cottonwood Peak | WSW 248° | 2,014.1 m | 17.2 mi |
| Summit Rock Point | NNE 26° | 1,994.002 m | 18.0 mi |
| Kent Peak | NNE 20° | 1,931.213 m | 18.0 mi |
| Buck Mountain | NE 36° | 1,884 m | 16.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 20:07 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 15:57 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 41 | 45 | 50 | 58 | 65 | 74 | 74 | 67 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Copco #1 DAM, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1311812936
Day trips start here
- Hornbrook · 12 mi
- Yreka · 23 mi
- Ashland · 24 mi
- Klamath River · 27 mi
- Talent · 29 mi
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