Piercy, California

Piercy is an unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California.^[1] It is located on the South Fork of the Eel River, 9 miles (14 km) north-northwest of Leggett,^[3] at an elevation of 794 feet (242 m).^[1]

Piercy
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 39°57′59″N 123°47′43″W
Country	United States
State	California
County	Mendocino County
Elevation [1]	794 ft (242 m)
ZIP code	95587[2]
Area code	707

The first post office at Piercy opened in 1920.^[3] The name honors Sam Piercy, who settled there around 1900.^[3]

Climate

This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F (22.0 °C). According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Piercy has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated Csb on climate maps.^[4]

Climate data for Piercy, California
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °F (°C)	53 (12)	56 (13)	59 (15)	63 (17)	69 (21)	76 (24)	84 (29)	84 (29)	82 (28)	71 (22)	59 (15)	52 (11)	67 (20)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C)	37 (3)	37 (3)	38 (3)	40 (4)	44 (7)	49 (9)	53 (12)	52 (11)	49 (9)	44 (7)	39 (4)	36 (2)	43 (6)
Average precipitation inches (mm)	12.60 (320)	10.54 (268)	9.96 (253)	4.87 (124)	2.18 (55)	0.81 (21)	0.05 (1.3)	0.08 (2.0)	0.63 (16)	3.34 (85)	7.73 (196)	13.55 (344)	66.34 (1,685.3)
Source: Prism[5]

Notable events

The town hosted the Jerry Garcia Band a number of times throughout the late 1980s to 1990, captured in the 2019 six-CD release titled Electric on the Eel.^[6]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Piercy, California
2. "Piercy ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
3. Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 122. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
4. Climate Summary for Piercy, California
5. U.S. Climate Data. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
6. Doyle, Patrick (January 31, 2019). "Jerry Garcia Band's Legendary Eel River Shows to Be Released in Box Set". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 13, 2021.