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Shaded-relief map of Sugarloaf Saw Mill, California: rivers, roads, the city limits and where the water drains.
CALIFORNIA · TULARE COUNTY

Sugarloaf Saw Mill

14 people, 5,550 ft above sea level in Tulare County.

5,550 ftElevation, city center
14People, 2024 estimate
0 sq miLand area
Sunny 62°
Sunny now Dew point 52° · WNW 6 mph · high 64°
City of Sugarloaf Saw Mill River Interstate 2 miles
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The Sugarloaf Saw Mill 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 Sugarloaf Saw Mill

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 12:00 PM PST
RIGHT NOW Visalia Municipal Airport (KVIS) · 12:56 PM
Sunny
62° Sunny Feels like 62° · high of 64° near 2 PM
WindWNW 6 mphno gusts
Humidity70%falling to 60% this afternoon
Pressure30.00 in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 52° · Dryabout the same for three days
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Rain
Monday, about 11 AMin about 46 hours · 58% chance · rain
LIKELY AMOUNT0.1–0.3 inmost likely 0.2; 1 in 10 over 0.5
LAST RAINOct. 230.01 in · 22 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
! Winter Weather AdvisoryWinter Weather Advisory issued November 14 at 8:50AM PST until November 17 at 4:00AM PST by NWS Hanford CA
NWS Hanford and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 1:15 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 6:29 AM4:48 PM ↓
10 h 18 m of daylight, 2 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 25% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
36
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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58% · 0.06 in Monday evening 50%
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Dry: dew points 45 to 54°

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 80° / 62°
SAT Nov. 14 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
64° 43°
0% rain — NW 4 A
SUN Nov. 15 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
68° 46°
0% rain — ESE 2 A
MON Nov. 16 Chance of showers; cooler Chance of showers; cooler
60° 41°
60% rain 0.1–0.3″ NW 7 C
TUE Nov. 17 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
59° 38°
10% rain — N 3 B
WED Nov. 18 Showers likely Showers likely
62° 45°
80% rain 0.02–0.9″ E 3 B
THU Nov. 19 Showers likely Showers likely
61° 41°
90% rain 0.5–1.7″ SSE 7 C
FRI Nov. 20 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
60° 38°
20% rain — NNW 5 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 Sugarloaf Saw Mill about 5,000 feet above the ground was over Baja California three days ago, and over southern California a day ago, about 560 miles back along its path. Most of the nine paths traced from around the city agree. It came down from about 12,400 feet up, warming and drying as it sank. Near the ground the air came from southern California; at 10,000 feet, from the desert Southwest. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses, nine paths at each of three heights.

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THE GROUND

What Sugarloaf Saw Mill stands on

Sugarloaf Saw Mill’s center stands about 5,550 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 3,670 ft to 7,910 ft, a difference of 4,240 ft: mountain country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Cannell Peak, about 9,460 ft, 14 miles east.

Under the town center the state geologic map shows Mesozoic granitic rocks, unit 3 (Sierra Nevada, Death Valley area, Northern Mojave Desert and Transverse Ranges) (granodiorite), from the Permian to Tertiary, 2.6 to 260 million years old.

The section below crosses 3 rock units mapped at the surface.

Sugarloaf Saw Mill, cut in half from west to east

A section west to east, 24 miles through the town center
2,500 ft5,000 ft7,500 ft SUGARLOAF SAW MILL5,550 ftLow point1,300 ftKern Riverabout 2,990 ft ← WE →

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

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 21 mi of the line.

Pre-Cenozoic metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks undivided

Schist, gneiss. Age: Paleoproterozoic to Cretaceous, 66 to 2,500 million years old. About 2 mi of the line.

Older Quaternary alluvium and marine deposits

Coarse-detrital. Age: Pleistocene, less than 2.6 million years old. About 0.3 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 Sugarloaf Saw Mill’s rain goes

A raindrop that lands in Sugarloaf Saw Mill reaches the Tulare Lake basin by way of the White River: about 50 river miles. The Tulare Lake basin has no outlet to the sea: the water leaves only by evaporating or soaking into the ground.

THE WAY DOWN, TO SCALE
Sugarloaf Saw Mill≈ 50 mi · the Tulare Lake basin
FROM THE CENTER OF SUGARLOAF SAW MILL ≈ 50 mi to the Tulare Lake basin White River

Often dry. About 60% of the way is mapped as streams that run only after rain or snowmelt; the water makes the whole trip in floods.

A lake that comes back. The bed of Tulare Lake is farmland now; in very wet years it floods again.

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

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ON THE NETWORK

Around Sugarloaf Saw Mill on the Forecast Network

Neighboring plates

Porterville CA · 28 MI 28 miles northwest Delano CA · 37 MI 37 miles west Bakersfield CA · 41 MI 41 miles southwest Fresno CA · 93 MI 93 miles northwest Los Angeles CA · 126 MI 126 miles south Long Beach CA · 144 MI 144 miles south
FORECASTCITY
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CALIFORNIA · TULARE

Sugarloaf Saw Mill

14 people, 5,550 ft above sea level in Tulare County.

5,550 ftElevation
14People
0 sq miLand
Sunny 62°
SunnyDew point 52°
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Today in Sugarloaf Saw Mill

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now mostly sunny 63° 0%
4p mostly sunny 63° 0%
7p mostly clear night 52° 0%
10p partly cloudy night 49° 0%
1a partly cloudy night 48° 0%
4a partly cloudy night 46° 0%
Rain
NEXT RAINMonday about 11 AM · 58%
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Mon60%
Chance of showers; cooler Chance of showers; cooler
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Tue10%
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Wed80%
Showers likely Showers likely
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Thu90%
Showers likely Showers likely
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Fri20%
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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 Sugarloaf Saw Mill stands on

Sugarloaf Saw Mill’s center stands about 5,550 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 3,670 ft to 7,910 ft, a difference of 4,240 ft: mountain country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Cannell Peak, about 9,460 ft, 14 miles east.

Sugarloaf Saw Mill, west to east Sugarloaf Saw Mill5,550 ftKern Riverabout 2,990 ft ← WE → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 5×. Colors: rock at the surface.
Elevation, center5,550 ft
Within 3 miles3,670 to 7,910 ft
Lie of the landMountainous (4,240 ft of relief)
High point nearbyCannell Peak, 9,460 ft, 14 mi east
Rock at the surfaceMesozoic granitic rocks, unit 3 (Sierra Nevada, Death Valley area, Northern Mojave Desert and Transverse Ranges)
Its agePermian to Tertiary, 2.6 to 260 million years old
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Where the rain goes

≈ 50 mito the Tulare Lake basinWhite River

A raindrop that lands in Sugarloaf Saw Mill reaches the Tulare Lake basin by way of the White River: about 50 river miles. The Tulare Lake basin has no outlet to the sea: the water leaves only by evaporating or soaking into the ground.

Often dry. About 60% of the way is mapped as streams that run only after rain or snowmelt; the water makes the whole trip in floods.

A lake that comes back. The bed of Tulare Lake is farmland now; in very wet years it floods again.