Editing Pollock Pines, California

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|image_caption            = Jenkinson Lake near Pollock Pines
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|population_total         = 7112
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'''Pollock Pines''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[El Dorado County, California|El Dorado County]], [[California]], United States. It is part of the [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]]&ndash;[[Arden-Arcade, California|Arden-Arcade]]&ndash;[[Roseville, California|Roseville]] [[Sacramento metropolitan area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]]. Pollock Pines lies at an elevation of {{convert|3980|ft}} in the [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]]. The population was 7,112 at the 2020 census, up from 6,871 at the 2010 census.

==Geography==

Pollock Pines receives annual snowfall between {{convert|6|in}} and {{convert|6|ft}}. The town sits on the west slope of the Sierra Nevada. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|8.0|sqmi|km2}}, over 99% of it land.

For the 2000 census, the CDP had a total area of {{convert|5.8|sqmi|km2}}, all of it land.

The area encompassing Pollock Pines is in a heavily timbered mountain region situated along the ridgetop on the south side of the [[South Fork American River|South Fork of the American River]]. It is considered a "very high fire hazard severity zone", although it received grants from the state's [[cap and trade]] carbon trading program to trim vegetation on the ridgeline south of Highway 50.<ref name=rgj />

It is approximately {{convert|13|mi}} east of [[Placerville, California|Placerville]] and {{convert|58|mi}} east of [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]] on [[U.S. Route 50 in California|U.S. Highway 50]].

===Climate===
According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Pollock Pines has a [[Mediterranean climate#Warm-summer Mediterranean climate|warm-summer Mediterranean climate]], abbreviated "Csa" on climate maps.<ref>[http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=795640&cityname=Pollock+Pines%2C+California%2C+United+States+of+America&units= Climate Summary for Pollock Pines, California]</ref>
{{Weather box|width=75%
|location = Pollock Pines, California
|single line = Yes
|Jan record high F = 73
|Feb record high F = 78
|Mar record high F = 82
|Apr record high F = 90
|May record high F = 95
|Jun record high F = 100
|Jul record high F = 103
|Aug record high F = 105
|Sep record high F = 103
|Oct record high F = 97
|Nov record high F = 84
|Dec record high F = 80
|Jan high F = 50.6
|Feb high F = 49.9
|Mar high F = 54.7
|Apr high F = 60.3
|May high F = 69.5
|Jun high F = 80.0
|Jul high F = 88.7
|Aug high F = 88.5
|Sep high F = 82.0
|Oct high F = 70.7
|Nov high F = 56.5
|Dec high F = 49.8
|Jan low F = 34.3
|Feb low F = 34.0
|Mar low F = 35.5
|Apr low F = 38.4
|May low F = 45.0
|Jun low F = 53.0
|Jul low F = 60.3
|Aug low F = 60.3
|Sep low F = 56.2
|Oct low F = 47.7
|Nov low F = 39.6
|Dec low F = 34.4
|Jan record low F = 10
|Feb record low F = 12
|Mar record low F = 14
|Apr record low F = 18
|May record low F = 27
|Jun record low F = 34
|Jul record low F = 41
|Aug record low F = 40
|Sep record low F = 33
|Oct record low F = 22
|Nov record low F = 12
|Dec record low F = 5
|Jan precipitation inch = 9.27
|Feb precipitation inch = 7.96
|Mar precipitation inch = 7.94
|Apr precipitation inch = 4.50
|May precipitation inch = 3.10
|Jun precipitation inch = 0.70
|Jul precipitation inch = 0.08
|Aug precipitation inch = 0.10
|Sep precipitation inch = 0.40
|Oct precipitation inch = 2.71
|Nov precipitation inch = 4.52
|Dec precipitation inch = 7.30
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan snow inch = 15.4
|Feb snow inch = 13.6
|Mar snow inch = 13.6
|Apr snow inch = 7.1
|May snow inch = 0.6
|Jun snow inch = 0.0
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.0
|Sep snow inch = 0.0
|Oct snow inch = 0.0
|Nov snow inch = 2.4
|Dec snow inch = 10.7
|source = NOAA<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.weather.gov/wrh/Climate?wfo=sto | title=Climate }}</ref>
}}

==History==
One of the original [[Pony Express]] stations, Twelve Mile House, was located in Pollock Pines. The location was covered by the restaurant Sportsman's Hall. The "Hall", originally opened in 1852 by John and James Blair, who had immigrated from [[Scotland]], still operates today. It is the site of California Registered Historical Landmark #704, which reads: "This was the site of Sportsman's Hall, also known as Twelve-Mile House, the hotel operated in the latter 1850s and 1860s by John and James Blair. A stopping place for stages and teams of the Comstock, it became a relay station of the Central Overland Pony Express. Here, at 7:40 A.M., April 4, 1860, pony rider William (Sam) Hamilton riding in from Placerville, handed the express mail to Warren Upson, who, two minutes later, sped on his way eastward."<ref name="CHL">{{cite ohp|704|Sportsman's Hall|2012-10-07}}</ref>

Pollock Pines was primarily a lumber community. The name stems from an early land developer, Hiram Robert (H.R.) Pollock, who arrived with his wife Anna and son Claude Earl around 1909.<ref name="CGN">{{California's Geographic Names|540}}</ref> A lumberman by trade, he borrowed money and built a saw mill. When the mill was destroyed by fire in the early 1930s, Hiram and Anna Pollock started selling lots in a subdivision they created out of a piece of land that lay along the ridge, on both sides of Cedar Grove School, and thus gave the town its name.

The Pollock Pines Post Office was established on Apr. 28, 1936, at what is currently 6401A Pony Express Trail, Pollock Pines (originally Hwy 50) with Mrs. Alice P. Grout serving as the first postmaster. The post office was later relocated, and now operates at 2669 Sanders Dr.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Noble |first=Doug |year=2002 |title=Post Offices of El Dorado County |url=https://www.eldoradolibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Post-Offices-of-El-Dorado-County.pdf |access-date=May 6, 2024 |website=eldoradolibrary.org}}</ref>

The first Pollock Pines store was built on the current location (6401 Pony Express Trail) in the 1930s by Newt Grout. The building included a grocery store, one gas pump, a post office, and a home upstairs. The restaurant "Frenchy's" was run next door by Mr. and Mrs. Ted Lang. They bought the liquor license of the Lucky Dime and added a bar. In 1943, the restaurant was renamed to "50 Grand" for its proximity to [[U.S. Route 50|U.S. Highway 50]]. It burned down in 1983, operated down the road for one year, then reopened in 1984 back in its original location. The restaurant has been in continual operation as 50 Grand since the rebranding,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Parker |first=Marilyn |year=1988 |title=The Pollock Pines Epic |url=https://www.thepollockpinesepic.com/title/later-days/ |access-date=May 6, 2024 |website=thepollockpinesepic.com}}</ref> celebrating its 80th anniversary in November 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 1, 2023 |title=50 Grand Owners Jim and Kim |url=https://www.mtdemocrat.com/50-grand-owners-kim-and-jim/image_368df9f8-4d34-11ee-92ba-93039cc130b5.html |access-date=May 6, 2024 |work=Mt. Democrat News Paper |pages=B1}}</ref>

In 2014 the [[King Fire]] burned {{convert|97717|acre}} in the [[Eldorado National Forest]] and on private land, destroying 80 structures, including residences and outbuildings near Pollock Pines. The cause of the fire, which was started September 13 and was extinguished October 9, was determined to be [[arson]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2014/9/13/king-fire/ |title=King Fire {{!}} Welcome to Cal Fire |website=www.fire.ca.gov |access-date=2019-09-21}}</ref> The fire threatened thousands of homes as well as reservoirs that provide water and electricity to portions of California.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.kcra.com/article/pollock-pines-man-pleads-guilty-to-starting-king-fire/6428052 |title=Pollock Pines man pleads guilty to starting King Fire |last=Heise |first=Sarah |date=2016-04-09 |website=KCRA |language=en |access-date=2019-09-21}}</ref> The fire and the post-burn area were extensively studied by [[NASA]]'s wildfires program which collected data on pre-burn forest conditions, fuel moisture, fire behavior, burned area and severity, post-fire forest structure, erosion, re-vegetation, and targeted mitigation for the fire science and management communities.<ref name="rgj">{{cite news |url=https://appliedsciences.nasa.gov/content/2014-king-fire-california-scorched-97000-acres |title=The 2014 King Fire in California scorched 97,000 acres |author1=Schimel, Ph.D. |first=David |work=NASA Applied Sciences Program |agency=NASA |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150712212542/https://appliedsciences.nasa.gov/content/2014-king-fire-california-scorched-97000-acres |archive-date = July 12, 2015}}</ref>

The Caldor Fire started on August 14, 2021, near Little Mountain, south of Pollock Pines in El Dorado County, about two miles east of Omo Ranch and four miles south of [[Grizzly Flats, California|Grizzly Flats]].  It was a large wildfire that burned 221,835 acres (89,773 hectares) in the [[Eldorado National Forest]] and other areas of the [[Sierra Nevada]] in [[El Dorado County, California|El Dorado]], [[Amador County, California|Amador]], and [[Alpine County, California|Alpine County]], [[California]], in the [[United States]] during the [[2021 California wildfires|2021 California wildfire season]]. It was fully contained on Thursday, October 21, 2021. The Caldor Fire destroyed 1,005 structures and damaged 81 more, primarily in the [[U.S. Route 50 in California|U.S. Highway 50]] corridor.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Caldor Fire |url=https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2021/8/14/caldor-fire/ |access-date=May 6, 2024 |website=fire.ca.gov}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1980= 1941
|1990= 4291
|2000= 4728
|2010= 6871
|2020= 7112
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=January 25, 2024}}</ref>
}}

===2010===
The [[2010 United States Census]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0658030|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715032528/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0658030|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - Pollock Pines CDP|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref> reported that Pollock Pines had a population of 6,871. The population density was {{convert|863.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Pollock Pines was 6,195 (90.2%) [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 18 (0.3%) [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 128 (1.9%) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 56 (0.8%) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 3 (0.0%) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 251 (3.7%) from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 220 (3.2%) from two or more races.  [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 713 persons (10.4%).

The Census reported that 6,849 people (99.7% of the population) lived in households, 22 (0.3%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized.

There were 2,827 households, out of which 795 (28.1%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 1,484 (52.5%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 264 (9.3%) had a female householder with no husband present, 168 (5.9%) had a male householder with no wife present.  There were 201 (7.1%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 25 (0.9%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. 733 households (25.9%) were made up of individuals, and 269 (9.5%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42.  There were 1,916 [[family (U.S. Census)|families]] (67.8% of all households); the average family size was 2.88.

The population was spread out, with 1,463 people (21.3%) under the age of 18, 484 people (7.0%) aged 18 to 24, 1,511 people (22.0%) aged 25 to 44, 2,285 people (33.3%) aged 45 to 64, and 1,128 people (16.4%) who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 44.8 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.6 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.5 males.

There were 3,391 housing units at an average density of {{convert|426.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}, of which 2,827 were occupied, of which 2,119 (75.0%) were owner-occupied, and 708 (25.0%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 3.2%; the rental vacancy rate was 11.9%.  5,063 people (73.7% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 1,786 people (26.0%) lived in rental housing units.

==Politics==
In the [[California State Legislature|state legislature]], Pollock Pines is in {{Representative|casd|4|fmt=sdistrict}},<ref>{{Cite web
 |url=http://senate.ca.gov/senators 
 |title=Senators 
 |access-date=April 5, 2013
 |publisher=State of California}}</ref> and {{Representative|caad|1|fmt=adistrict}}.<ref>{{Cite web
 |url=http://assembly.ca.gov/assemblymembers
 |title=Members Assembly
 |access-date=April 5, 2013
 |publisher=State of California}}</ref>

Federally, Pollock Pines is in {{Representative|cacd|3|fmt=district}}.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|3|access-date=March 2, 2013}}</ref>

==References==
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http://eldorado2016.com/historical-places/el-dorado-county-and-communities/pollock-pines/

https://www.thepollockpinesepic.com/

==External links==
*[http://www.thepollockpinesepic.com/ ''The Pollock Pines Epic - A history of the Pollock Pines area, c 1988-2008''], Marilyn Parker
*[http://www.pollockpines.org/ ''pollockpines.org, resources for residents and visitors'']

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