CarrickCA
The town has 10 residents and lies in California.
Is Carrick a good place to live?
100% of households are owner-occupiers in Carrick, against 64% in California’s towns and 73% across U.S. towns. Carrick has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
10 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Mount Shasta and 4 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Carrick. Close and well known come first.
Big draw9 mi MountainMount Shasta
15 mi WaterfallMossbrae Falls12 mi Ski areaMt. Shasta Ski Park36 runs · 2,081 ft vertical
9 mi City parkMount Shasta City Park
24 mi GardenDunsmuir Botanical GardensPhoto credits
Mount Shasta: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Mossbrae Falls: Pinecar at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Mount Shasta City Park: Daniel Mayer (talk · contribs), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dunsmuir Botanical Gardens: Daniel Mayer (talk · contribs), CC BY-SA 3.0
Moving to Carrick: who provides what
Carrick is unincorporated, so Siskiyou County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Carrick.
Very high risk in Carrick, with inland flooding at the top
FEMA puts just over half of Carrick’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 17% to avalanches. On expected storm and flood damage, Carrick sits above 86% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Carrick: snowy winters and pleasant summers
Summer afternoons peak near 88° in July, and January nights bottom out around 28°; snowfall runs to about 89 inches a winter. Summers in Carrick are warm, and winters chilly, snowy, with very little rain.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Carrick is
Carrick: 21% of adults get no exercise outside work. Among adults locally, 33% sleep under 7 hours and 37% have high blood pressure.
| Carrick | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 36% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 35% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 31% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 75% | 72% | 79% |
| What stands out | Carrick | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.1% | 10.6% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.1% | 17.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.3% | 6.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Carrick
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Carrick
About 0 of every 100 Carrick residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
About Carrick
Place in California
Carrick is a census-designated place (CDP) in Siskiyou County, California, United States. Its population is 143 as of the 2020 census, up from 131 from the 2010 census. Carrick is located just outside the town of Weed, uses Weed in its mailing addresses and is generally viewed by locals as a neighborhood of Weed, though located outside of the city proper. On September 15, 2014, Carrick was under mandatory evacuation order due to a forest fire.
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- Area
- 0.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 3,497 ft
- Area code
- 530
Questions about Carrick
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Carrick, CA a good place to live?
Carrick has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.