Sheep RanchCA
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.
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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.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The climate in Sheep Ranch brings mild winters and hot summers
For Sheep Ranch, the January low is 35°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Everything we know about Sheep Ranch
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.
Big draw34 mi National ParkYosemite National Park4.3M visitors a year
10 mi State parkCalaveras Big Trees State Park
25 mi National forestStanislaus National Forest
18 mi MuseumRailtown 1897 State Historic Park
39 mi Ski areaKirkwood Mountain Resort58 runs · 1,650 ft vertical
28 mi Ski areaDodge Ridge Ski Area61 runs · 1,576 ft verticalPhoto 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
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Moving to Sheep Ranch: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Sheep Ranch, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Sheep Ranch
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.
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- Elevation
- 2,359 ft
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