Editing Mariposa, California (section)

==Geography==
Mariposa is nestled at an elevation of {{convert|2015|ft|m}} in the rugged foothills of the [[Sierra Nevada]]. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP covers a total area of {{convert|4.04|sqmi|2}}, with nearly all of it being land.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2021"/> The community is situated in the valley of [[Mariposa Creek]], which flows south then southwest into the San Joaquin Valley.

Major highways intersect in Mariposa; [[California State Route 49]] and [[California State Route 140]] merge for {{convert|0.8|mi|1}} through the town's main street. Route 49 extends southeast to [[Oakhurst, California|Oakhurst]] and northwest to [[Coulterville, California|Coulterville]], while Route 140 leads southwest to [[Merced, California|Merced]] in the [[San Joaquin Valley]] and northeast to [[Yosemite Valley, California|Yosemite Valley]].

The area's soil predominantly consists of brown to reddish brown [[loam]] of the Blasingame series, and a gravelly loam known as the Boomer series.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}} These soils support a thick grassland and diverse trees such as [[blue oak]], [[California black oak|black oak]], [[gray pine]], and [[ponderosa pine]]. To the west-northwest of the town, sparse vegetation and rockland are underlain by [[serpentine soil]] of the Henneke series.

===Climate===
According to the [[Köppen climate classification]] system, Mariposa has a [[Mediterranean climate#Hot-summer Mediterranean climate|hot-summer Mediterranean climate]] (abbreviated "Csa" on climate maps) and wet winters.<ref>[http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=643540&cityname=Mariposa%2C+California%2C+United+States+of+America&units= Climate Summary for Mariposa, California]</ref>

{{Weather box
|location = Mariposa, 1991–2020 simulated normals (2142 ft elevation)
|collapsed = y
|single line = y
|precipitation colour  =green
|Jan precipitation mm  =158.12
|Feb precipitation mm  =131.55
|Mar precipitation mm  =118.24
|Apr precipitation mm  =61.55
|May precipitation mm  =28.73
|Jun precipitation mm  =7.93
|Jul precipitation mm  =1.82
|Aug precipitation mm  =0.79
|Sep precipitation mm  =4.24
|Oct precipitation mm  =41.13
|Nov precipitation mm  =66.91
|Dec precipitation mm  =137.34
|Jan high C = 13.8
|Feb high C = 14.5
|Mar high C = 16.7
|Apr high C = 19.3
|May high C = 24.7
|Jun high C = 30.2
|Jul high C = 34.4
|Aug high C = 34.1
|Sep high C = 31.0
|Oct high C = 25.0
|Nov high C = 18.2
|Dec high C = 13.5
|Jan mean C  =8.0
|Feb mean C  =8.7
|Mar mean C  =10.5
|Apr mean C  =12.5
|May mean C  =16.9
|Jun mean C  =21.6
|Jul mean C  =25.8
|Aug mean C  =25.4
|Sep mean C  =22.5
|Oct mean C  =17.2
|Nov mean C  =11.5
|Dec mean C  =7.8
|Jan low C = 2.3
|Feb low C = 2.9
|Mar low C = 4.4
|Apr low C = 5.7
|May low C = 9.2
|Jun low C = 13.0
|Jul low C = 17.2
|Aug low C = 16.7
|Sep low C = 14.0
|Oct low C = 9.4
|Nov low C = 4.9
|Dec low C = 2.0
|Jan dew point C =1.9
|Feb dew point C =3.3
|Mar dew point C =5.0
|Apr dew point C =5.5
|May dew point C =6.9
|Jun dew point C =7.8
|Jul dew point C =8.8
|Aug dew point C =7.5
|Sep dew point C =6.0
|Oct dew point C =4.3
|Nov dew point C =3.3
|Dec dew point C =1.4
|source 1 = PRISM Climate Group<ref>{{cite web
  | url=https://prism.oregonstate.edu/explorer/
  | title=PRISM Climate Group at Oregon State University
  | publisher=Northwest Alliance for Computational Science & Engineering (NACSE), based at Oregon State University
  | access-date=March 16, 2023}}</ref>
  | date=March 16, 2023}}