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Place Name
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Alturas
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Place Status (Type)
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town
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Capital Of
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Modoc County
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Population
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3,231 (1990)
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Location
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Modoc County, California (CA), United States, North America
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Latitude
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41°30'N
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Longitude
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120°33'W
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Alturas
, town (1990 pop. 3,231),  Modoc co., NE Calif.,
on Pit R. at mouth of South Fork Pit R. and
c.90 mi/145 km SE of Klamath Falls; 41°30'N
120°33'W. RR junction; shipping and trade center for stock-raising,
farming, lumbering region. Potatoes, onions, horseradish, sugar beets;
grain, cattle, sheep. Hq. of Modoc Natl. Forest. Hunting, fishing
nearby. Warner Mts. are just E. XL Ranch Indian Reservation to NE; Big
Sage Reservoir to NW; Modoc Natl. Wildlife Refuge to S; part of Modoc
Natl. Forest to NW and E; South Warner Wilderness Area to SE; S end of
Goose L. c.20 mi/32 km NNE. Inc. 1901.
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