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Edgewood
California›Siskiyou County

EdgewoodCA

A town in California.

Edgewood Store · Photo: Jon Roanhaus · CC BY-SA 3.0
Photo of Edgewood

Edgewood, CA · Edgewood Store · Photo: Jon Roanhaus · CC BY-SA 3.0

Land area
1 sq mi

Is Edgewood a good place to live?

Edgewood’s July high is 91°F, where California’s towns sit at 89°F and U.S. towns at 85°F. Edgewood Store is on the National Register of Historic Places. We don’t grade Edgewood yet; the figures below are still real.

Edgewood Store
Edgewood Store · National Register of Historic Places
Edgewood’s story

156 years in pictures

Census counts: 67 in 2000, 72 in 2020. The archive holds 4 maps from 1922 on.

1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.

  • 1870Edgewood is settled
Explore the history →
Getting set up

Moving to Edgewood: who provides what

Edgewood is unincorporated, so Siskiyou County and regional agencies provide most services.

PowerPacific Power24.2¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
InternetProviders and speedsData pending · D4
Trash & county servicesSiskiyou CountySiskiyou County provides services here
SchoolsSiskiyou Union High School DistrictButteville Union Elementary School District2 districts serve Edgewood; which school depends on your address and gradeNCES
Register to voteOnlineIn California you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before).vote.gov
Who runs elections hereSiskiyou County Clerk-ElectionsSiskiyou County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Jul 2025
ZIP code9609496094 100%Census 2020

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 Edgewood.

Natural hazards

Edgewood faces a very high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding

Expected losses in Edgewood break down as 53% from inland flooding and 18% from wildfires. In Edgewood, the natural-hazard score from FEMA is 86 of 100.

86risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
86Very high riskLowerHigher
Inland floodingWildfireAvalanches

FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

Climate

A typical January night in Edgewood is 28°F, against 40°F in California’s towns and 22°F across U.S. towns

Summers in Edgewood are warm, and winters mild, with very little rain.

4″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter28–48°
Spring37–64°
Summer51–88°
Fall38–69°
Oct 12
typical first frost
May 6
typical last frost
+1.6°
vs. the 20th-century average

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

Health

How healthy Edgewood is

For adults in Edgewood, the share who say their health is fair or poor is 23%. Against the California average, Edgewood comes out ahead on 6 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 10. 37% of adults locally have high blood pressure; 75% had a checkup this year.

EdgewoodTypical California townTypical U.S. town
Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES)16%14%14%
High blood pressure (CDC PLACES)37%31%35%
Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES)75%72%79%
Depression (CDC PLACES)24%22%23%
32 measures vs. California
6 better16 too close to call10 worse
What stands outEdgewoodCA
Fewer uninsured adults7%10.6%
Fewer adults facing housing insecurity11.9%14.9%
More adults with COPD8.1%5.1%
Mercy Medical Center of Mt Shasta
11.2 mi away · emergency room
1 of 3
care shortages: mental health

CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA

0
homes sold in August

Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center

Outdoors

0% of Edgewood is conserved land

1.1 miles of trail.

0%conserved
0%
conserved · 0 of 657 acres
1.1 mi
of trails · 1.1 per sq mi

Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US

Nearby attractions

Mount Shasta and 4 more within 40 miles

Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Edgewood. Close and well known come first.

All 14 attractions →
Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo 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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Edgewood

15pages on Edgewood
After high school

Colleges nearby

1 within 15 miles of the center of Edgewood

About Edgewood

Place in California

Edgewood is a census-designated place (CDP) in Siskiyou County, California, United States. Its population is 72 as of the 2020 census, up from 43 from the 2010 census. Edgewood is located three miles north of the town of Weed.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Area
1.0 sq mi
Elevation
2,956 ft
Area code
530

Questions about Edgewood

Short answers, built from the data on this page.

Is Edgewood, CA a good place to live?

We don’t grade Edgewood yet; the figures below are still real. A town in California.