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  2. Auburn, California - Wikipedia

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    Auburn is a city in and the county seat of Placer County, California, United States. [9] Its population was 13,776 during the 2020 census. Auburn is known for its California Gold Rush history and is registered as a California Historical Landmark. [10] Auburn is part of the Sacramento metropolitan area.

  3. Auburn State Recreation Area - Wikipedia

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    Area. 42,377 acres (171.49 km 2) Established. 1966. Governing body. California Department of Parks and Recreation. Auburn State Recreation Area is a state park unit of California, along 40 miles (64 km) of the North and Middle Forks of the American River. The state recreation area (SRA) is situated on the border of Placer and El Dorado Counties ...

  4. Lake Clementine - Wikipedia

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    3.5 mi (5.6 km) Max. width. 300 ft (91 m) Lake Clementine (also known as North Fork Lake) is a reservoir on the North Fork American River Canyon above the picturesque, California Gold Rush -era town of Auburn (elevation 1,200 feet (370 m)) in Northern California. It was created in 1939 when the North Fork Dam, a 155-foot (47 m) tall constant ...

  5. Amid summer of never-ending heat, California gets dusting of snow

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    A coating of snow is seen below ski lifts at Sugarbowl Ski Resort Saturday in Donner Summit, Calif. About 140 miles to the north, the annual Burning Man festival faced a second year of weather ...

  6. Placer County, California - Wikipedia

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    Placer County, California. (2020) Placer County (/ ˈplæsər / PLASS-ər; Placer, Spanish for "sand deposit"), officially the County of Placer, is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 404,739. [ 4 ] The county seat is Auburn. [ 5 ]

  7. Heat waves, wildfires and now … snow? California endures a ...

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    August 24, 2024 at 9:36 PM. SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — An unusually cold weather system from the Gulf of Alaska interrupted summer along the West Coast on Saturday, bringing snow to mountains in ...

  8. Foresthill Bridge - Wikipedia

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    The Foresthill Bridge, also called the Auburn-Foresthill Bridge or the Auburn Bridge, is a road bridge crossing over the North Fork American River in Placer County and the Sierra Nevada foothills, in eastern California. It is the highest bridge by deck height in California, the fourth highest in the United States, and among the seventy highest ...

  9. List of snowiest places in the United States by state

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    Utah. Brighton Ski Resort, 411.1 inches (1,044 cm) annually. [7] 4. California. Sugar Bowl Ski Resort 2.5 miles east of Soda Springs, 500 inches (1,300 cm) annually. [9] Lake Helen at Mount Lassen [10] and Kalmia Lake in the Trinity Alps are estimated to receive 600-700 inches of snow per year.