Haiwee
Unincorporated community
Haiwee is located in California
Haiwee
Haiwee
Location in California
Haiwee is located in the United States
Haiwee
Haiwee
Haiwee (the United States)
Coordinates: 36°08′48″N 117°58′33″W / 36.14667°N 117.97583°W / 36.14667; -117.97583
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyInyo County
Elevation
[1]
4,075 ft (1,242 m)
Population
 (2020)[2]
 • Total25

Haiwee (Timbisha: Heewi, meaning "Dove")[3] is an unincorporated community in Inyo County, California.[1] It is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad 24 miles (39 km) south-southwest of Keeler,[4] at an elevation of 4075 feet (1242 m).[1]

History

Haiwee has variously been known formerly as "McGuire's",[5] "Haiwai",[6] "Hawaii" and "Hayways".[4]

The settlement there began in 1864, as a waystop at Haiwai Meadows on the road between Visalia and the Owens Valley. The stop was run by a man named McGuire and his wife and young son. McGuire's wife and son were killed in an Indian attack while he was away on January 1, 1865. Owens Valley settler militia avenged their deaths, with an attack on the Indian village where the killers had taken refuge, in the Owens Lake Massacre on January 6, 1865. This was one of the last fights in the Owens Valley Indian War.[5]

The original settlement site and the Haiwai Meadows are under the water of the Haiwee Reservoir.[4] The town moved to a site west of the reservoir.[4] A post office operated at Haiwee from 1906 to 1913, moving in 1909.[4]

The 2020 population of Haiwee is 25 within Census Tract 8, Blocks 2270, 2273, 2274, 2242, 2169, 2267, 2264, 2165[2][7]

Climate

Haiwee has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate(Köppen climate classification: Csa) with winters being cold and summers being very hot. Due to its high elevation and low humidity, it experiences dramatic diurnal temperature variation, and it is common to have a difference of 30 °F between daily highs and lows.

Climate data for Haiwee, California
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) 58.2
(14.6) 		62.1
(16.7) 		69.4
(20.8) 		76.3
(24.6) 		86.0
(30.0) 		95.4
(35.2) 		101.6
(38.7) 		99.8
(37.7) 		93.1
(33.9) 		81.4
(27.4) 		68.0
(20.0) 		57.6
(14.2) 		79.1
(26.1)
Daily mean °F (°C) 45.6
(7.6) 		48.7
(9.3) 		54.8
(12.7) 		61.0
(16.1) 		70.0
(21.1) 		78.5
(25.8) 		84.8
(29.3) 		83.0
(28.3) 		76.1
(24.5) 		65.3
(18.5) 		53.5
(11.9) 		44.9
(7.2) 		63.9
(17.7)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) 32.9
(0.5) 		35.3
(1.8) 		40.2
(4.6) 		45.6
(7.6) 		53.9
(12.2) 		61.6
(16.4) 		68.0
(20.0) 		66.3
(19.1) 		59.2
(15.1) 		49.3
(9.6) 		39.0
(3.9) 		32.1
(0.1) 		48.6
(9.2)
Average rainfall inches (mm) 1.2
(30) 		1.4
(36) 		1.0
(25) 		0.3
(7.6) 		0.3
(7.6) 		0.1
(2.5) 		0.3
(7.6) 		0.3
(7.6) 		0.3
(7.6) 		0.2
(5.1) 		0.5
(13) 		0.9
(23) 		6.8
(172.6)
Average snowfall inches (cm) 1.0
(2.5) 		0.9
(2.3) 		0
(0) 		0.1
(0.25) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0.1
(0.25) 		0.4
(1.0) 		2.5
(6.3)
Average precipitation days 3 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 15
Source 1: NOAA (precipitation)[8]
Source 2: Western Regional Climate Center (temperatures 1981-2010)[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Haiwee, California
  2. ^ a b "Explore Census Data".
  3. ^ California Place Names
  4. ^ a b c d e Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 1168. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
  5. ^ a b Willie Arthur Chalfant, The story of Inyo, Hammond Press, W. B. Conkey Company, Chicago, 1922, p. 180–183
  6. ^ Erwin Gustin Guide. California Place Names. University of California Press, 1960. p. 132.
  7. ^ "Land Use Diagram. Inyo County General Plan" (PDF). inyocounty.us. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  8. ^ "Haiwee, Ca Weather Averages". NOAA. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  9. ^ "Haiwee, California - NCDC 1981-2010 Monthly Normals". Western Regional Climate Center. Retrieved June 13, 2020.


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