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A town in California.

Is Sheep Ranch a good place to live?

Sheep Ranch’s July high is 92°F, where California’s towns sit at 89°F and U.S. towns at 85°F. We don’t grade Sheep Ranch yet; the figures below are still real.

Getting set up

Moving to Sheep Ranch: who provides what

Who provides power, water and the rest in Sheep Ranch, and how to reach them.

PowerPG&E37.5¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
InternetProviders and speedsData pending · D4
SchoolsCalaveras Unified School DistrictWhich school depends on your addressNCES
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 hereCalaveras County Clerk, Elections DepartmentCalaveras County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Sep 2024
ZIP code9524695246 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 Sheep Ranch.

Natural hazards

Sheep Ranch has a very high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from wildfire

Expected damage from storms and floods is higher here than in 89% of U.S. communities. Federal aid has come to Sheep Ranch households in 2 declared disasters; the latest was in 2022. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 66% come from wildfires and 26% from inland flooding.

89risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
89Very high riskLowerHigher
WildfireInland flooding
2
federal disasters paid out here
Full pageSheep Ranch’s hazards pageOpen the full Hazards page
What it facesVery high riskFlood claims0 paid flood claims · No paid flood claims on recordPast disasters2 federal disasters · Paid out in Sheep RanchGet readyReady for wildfire

FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

Climate

The climate in Sheep Ranch brings mild winters and hot summers

For Sheep Ranch, the January low is 35°F.

92°summer high

Typical low → high °F

Winter35–55°
Spring43–67°
Summer57–89°
Fall46–75°
Nov 9
typical first frost
Apr 9
typical last frost
+0.8°
vs. the 20th-century average
92°
typical summer high
Full pageSheep Ranch’s climate pageOpen the full Climate page
A year of weatherJuly highs 92°, January lows 35°Rain & snow36″ of rain a year · Snow is almost unheard ofHeating & coolingMostly a heating billThen and now+0.8° vs. the 20th century · Warmer than the 20th-century average

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

Nearby attractions

Yosemite National Park and 7 more within 40 miles

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

All 45 attractions →
Big draw34 mi National ParkYosemite National Park4.3M visitors a year10 mi State parkCalaveras Big Trees State Park25 mi National forestStanislaus National Forest18 mi MuseumRailtown 1897 State Historic Park39 mi Ski areaKirkwood Mountain Resort58 runs · 1,650 ft vertical28 mi Ski areaDodge Ridge Ski Area61 runs · 1,576 ft vertical
Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Yosemite National Park: Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Calaveras Big Trees State Park: John J. O'Brien (talk · contribs), Public domain · Stanislaus National Forest: U.S. National Park Service, Public domain · Railtown 1897 State Historic Park: Ed Bierman, CC BY 2.0 · Kirkwood Mountain Resort: Gabeguss, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dodge Ridge Ski Area: IanGad, CC BY-SA 3.0

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Sheep Ranch

12pages on Sheep Ranch
The big questions
Natural hazardsFEMA risk higher than 89% of U.S. communities · wildfire
Out and about
PlacesAttractions45 nearby · Sierra Nevada Logging Museum 8 miLibraryMurphys BranchCollegesColumbia College is 12.8 mi away
The story
HistorySettled 1877Climate92° summer highs
Day to day
NewsWeatherHandbookTown SquareNeighbors
After high school

Colleges nearby

1 within 15 miles of the center of Sheep Ranch

Columbia CollegeCommunity college · Public · Sonora12.8 mi$1,282 in-state tuition

Prices by family income, graduation and earnings →

About Sheep Ranch

Unincorporated community in California, United States

Sheep Ranch (formerly, Sheepranch) is an unincorporated community in Calaveras County, California, United States. It lies at an elevation of 2359 feet (719 m). Sheep Ranch was named after a sheep ranch. Officially listed as "Sheep Ranch", the official post office stamp did at one time read "Sheepranch" (Zip: 95250). One of the very few "free-range" areas in California, there are several hundred freely roaming sheep throughout the town. Sheep Ranch is located approximately halfway between O'Neal Creek and San Antonio Creek on Sheep Ranch Road in the center of Calaveras County.

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

Elevation
2,359 ft

Questions about Sheep Ranch

Short answers, built from the data on this page.

Is Sheep Ranch, CA a good place to live?

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