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Shaded-relief map of McGee Creek, California: rivers, roads, the city limits and where the water drains.
CALIFORNIA · MONO COUNTY

McGee Creek

45 people, 7,680 ft above sea level in Mono County.

7,680 ftElevation, city center
45People, 2024 estimate
4 sq miLand area
Sunny 59°
Sunny now Dew point 20° · SSE 7 mph · high 58°
City of McGee Creek River Interstate 2 miles
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The McGee Creek plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in McGee Creek

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 3:00 PM PST
RIGHT NOW Bishop Airport (KBIH) · 3:56 PM
Sunny
59° Sunny Feels like 59° · high of 58° near 4 PM
WindSSE 7 mphno gusts
Humidity22%rising to 85% by morning
Pressure29.95 in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 20° · Dry33° by Monday: more humid
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Partly cloudy
Monday, about 5 PMin about 48 hours · 44% chance · showers
LIKELY AMOUNT0–0.2 inmost likely 0.03; 1 in 10 over 0.7
LAST RAINNov. 10.09 in · 13 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Mono County
NWS Reno and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 4:45 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 6:34 AM4:45 PM ↓
10 h 11 m of daylight, 2 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 27% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
38
GOODAir quality index · ozone
No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
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CHANCE OF RAIN
44% · 0.12 in Monday evening 50%
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Dry: dew points 19° ↑ Humid air returns Drier: 17° by Tuesday

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 65° / 27°
SAT Nov. 14 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
58° 28°
0% rain — SSE 6 A
SUN Nov. 15 Partly cloudy; warmer Partly cloudy; warmer
66° 29°
0% rain — SSE 10 B
MON Nov. 16 Chance of showers Chance of showers
62° 23°
40% rain up to 0.2″ SSE 10 C
TUE Nov. 17 Sunny; cooler Sunny; cooler
53° 21°
10% rain — NNW 5 B
WED Nov. 18 Showers likely Showers likely
57° 22°
80% rain 0.02–0.8″ SE 23, gusts 38 C
THU Nov. 19 Showers likely Showers likely
50° 17°
80% rain 0.1–1.3″ SSE 12 B
FRI Nov. 20 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
49° 17°
10% rain — S 2 C
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over McGee Creek about 5,000 feet above the ground was over the Great Basin three days ago, and over the Mojave Desert a day ago, about 410 miles back along its path. Most of the nine paths traced from around the city agree. Near the ground the air came from the Mojave Desert; at 10,000 feet, from the Pacific off California. It has stayed over land, which is why it feels dry. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses, nine paths at each of three heights.

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THE GROUND

What McGee Creek stands on

McGee Creek’s center stands about 7,680 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 6,770 ft to 11,060 ft, a difference of 4,290 ft: mountain country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Mount Morgan, about 13,660 ft, 12 miles south-southeast.

The section below crosses 4 rock units mapped at the surface.

McGee Creek, cut in half from south to north

A section south to north, 24 miles through the town center
8,000 ft10,000 ft12,000 ft MCGEE CREEK7,680 ftMount Mills13,340 ftMount Stanford12,750 ftLow point6,810 ftOwens Riverabout 6,850 ft ← SN →

Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 3×. The colored band under the surface is the rock the state geologic map shows at the surface, not a picture of what lies beneath.

Rock at the surface along the line

Quaternary alluvium and marine deposits

Coarse-detrital. Age: Pleistocene to Holocene, less than 2.6 million years old. About 12 mi of the line.

Mesozoic granitic rocks, unit 3 (Sierra Nevada, Death Valley area, Northern Mojave Desert and Transverse Ranges)

Granodiorite. Age: Permian to Tertiary, 2.6 to 260 million years old. About 9 mi of the line.

Silurian and/or Ordovician marine rocks, unit 2 (Bishop)

Argillite. Age: Cambrian to Permian, 273 to 497 million years old. About 3 mi of the line.

Quaternary glacial deposits

Coarse-detrital. Age: Pleistocene, less than 2.6 million years old. About 0.9 mi of the line.

From the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation (Horton and others, 2017), the states’ geologic maps joined at a common scale.

Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR; rock from the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation.
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THE WATER

Where McGee Creek’s rain goes

A raindrop that lands in McGee Creek reaches Owens Lake by way of McGee Creek and the Owens: about 150 river miles. Owens Lake has no outlet to the sea: the water leaves only by evaporating or soaking into the ground.

THE WAY DOWN, TO SCALE
McGee Creek≈ 150 mi · Owens Lake
FROM THE CENTER OF MCGEE CREEK ≈ 150 mi to Owens Lake McGee Creek → Owens

Lake on the way: Lake Crowley.

Often dry. About 30% of the way is mapped as streams that run only after rain or snowmelt; the water makes the whole trip in floods.

Traced down the USGS NHDPlus V2.1 river network from the Census center point of McGee Creek; river miles along the main stem, rounded.

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ON THE NETWORK

Around McGee Creek on the Forecast Network

Neighboring plates

Fresno CA · 78 MI 78 miles southwest Sacramento CA · 161 MI 161 miles northwest San Jose CA · 167 MI 167 miles west Oakland CA · 189 MI 189 miles west
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CALIFORNIA · MONO

McGee Creek

45 people, 7,680 ft above sea level in Mono County.

7,680 ftElevation
45People
4 sq miLand
Sunny 59°
SunnyDew point 20°
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Today in McGee Creek

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now mostly sunny 58° 0%
7p partly cloudy night 45° 0%
10p partly cloudy night 39° 0%
1a mostly cloudy night 35° 0%
4a mostly cloudy night 33° 0%
7a mostly cloudy day 32° 0%
Partly cloudy
NEXT RAINMonday about 5 PM · 44%
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Sat0%
Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
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58
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Sun0%
Partly cloudy; warmer Partly cloudy; warmer
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Mon40%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
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Tue10%
Sunny; cooler Sunny; cooler
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53
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Wed80%
Showers likely Showers likely
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Thu80%
Showers likely Showers likely
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Fri10%
Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
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Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
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What McGee Creek stands on

McGee Creek’s center stands about 7,680 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 6,770 ft to 11,060 ft, a difference of 4,290 ft: mountain country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Mount Morgan, about 13,660 ft, 12 miles south-southeast.

McGee Creek, south to north McGee Creek7,680 ftMount Mills13,340 ftOwens Riverabout 6,850 ft ← SN → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 6×. Colors: rock at the surface.
Elevation, center7,680 ft
Within 3 miles6,770 to 11,060 ft
Lie of the landMountainous (4,290 ft of relief)
High point nearbyMount Morgan, 13,660 ft, 12 mi south-southeast
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Where the rain goes

≈ 150 mito Owens LakeMcGee Creek → Owens

A raindrop that lands in McGee Creek reaches Owens Lake by way of McGee Creek and the Owens: about 150 river miles. Owens Lake has no outlet to the sea: the water leaves only by evaporating or soaking into the ground.

Lake on the way: Lake Crowley.

Often dry. About 30% of the way is mapped as streams that run only after rain or snowmelt; the water makes the whole trip in floods.