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Alturas California, the seat of Modoc County, offers an abundance of wilderness and natural beauty in a peaceful location. Modoc National Forest offers the outdoor enthusiast an abundance of recreational opportunities including fishing, hiking, hunting, and skiing. Alturas California where the West still lives.

The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in Alturas is 1 in 46. Based on FBI crime data, Alturas is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to California, Alturas has a crime rate that is higher than 61% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes.

Alturas is the headquarters to the Modoc National Forest, the Applegate Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management, the Modoc National Wildlife Refuge and other recreation areas, and is the trade center for the agricultural region, which produces beef, sheep, potatoes, alfalfa and lumber.

Alpine County, officially the County of Alpine, is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,175. making it the least populous county in California. The county seat is Markleeville.

Residents were unable to agree what to name their town until a local rancher observed that they would most likely never agree upon a name, at which point someone nominated the name, "Likely", and the name was voted in.

[alˈtura] feminine noun. rialto) height ⧫ high ground.

Wild West History, Lakes, Mountains & Outstanding Wildlife Viewing. In the far northeast corner of California is Modoc County, where you can visit turn of-the-century towns, ranches and farmlands, often called the “place where the west still lives” and frequently compared to the beautiful expanses of Montana.

Modoc County, California gets 14 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year. Modoc County averages 34 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

• Location in the United States. Alturas (formerly, Dorris Bridge, Dorris' Bridge, and Dorrisville) is a city in and the county seat of Modoc County, California. The population was 2,827 at the 2010 census.