Bodega Bay, California

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Bodega Bay in 2008, seen from across the harbor
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Bodega Bay
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 38°19′28″N123°2′19″W / 38.32444°N 123.03861°W / 38.32444; -123.03861 [1]
Country United States
State California
County Sonoma
Area
[2]
  Total12.52 sq mi (32.44 km2)
  Land8.35 sq mi (21.61 km2)
  Water4.18 sq mi (10.82 km2)  33.37%
Elevation
[3]
56 ft (17 m)
Population
 (2020)
  Total912
  Density109.29/sq mi (42.20/km2)
Time zone UTC−8 (Pacific)
  Summer (DST) UTC−7 (PDT)
ZIP Code
94923
Area code 707
FIPS code 06-07260
GNIS feature IDs 1658093, 2407872

Bodega Bay is a village and census-designated place (CDP) in Sonoma County, California, United States. The population was 912 at the 2020 census. The town, located along State Route 1, is on the eastern side of Bodega Harbor, an inlet of Bodega Bay on the Pacific coast.

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History

Bodega Bay is named after Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra, who explored Bodega Bay in 1775. Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra.jpg
Bodega Bay is named after Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra, who explored Bodega Bay in 1775.

Bodega Bay is the site of the first Russian structures built in California, which were erected in 1809 by Commerce Counseller Ivan Alexandrovich Kuskov of the Russian-American Company in the lead-up to the establishment of Fort Ross. The Russians named the Bodega Bay settlement Port Rumyantsev after the Russian Foreign Minister Nikolai Petrovich Rumyantsev, and it served as a port to support Fort Ross and the larger Russian community known as Colony Ross. [4] [5]

The town is now named in honor of Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra, a Spanish naval officer who explored the west coast of North America as far north as Alaska during multiple voyages of discovery in the late 18th century.

The location scenes in the Alfred Hitchcock-directed film The Birds (1963) were filmed in both Bodega Bay and nearby Bodega (though both were represented as being parts of the film's Bodega Bay.) The town markets itself by using the film in many ways, including its Birds-themed visitors' center although none of the film's primary locations is found there. The church and the schoolhouse shown in the film are on the Bodega Highway in Bodega. [6] The town also featured in the cult horror film Puppet Master (1989).

The Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) wanted to build a nuclear power plant at Gaffney Point on Bodega Head, across the bay from the town, in the 1960s, but the plans were shut down after a large protest (the first for environmental reasons) and the geologic fault which was found while it was digging the hole for the first reactor. The hole filled with water and became known as "The Hole in the Head".

Government

In the California State Legislature, Bodega Bay is in the 2nd Senate District , represented by Democrat Mike McGuire, and in the 2nd Assembly District , represented by Democrat Jim Wood. [7]

In the United States House of Representatives, Bodega Bay is in California's 2nd congressional district , represented by Democrat Jared Huffman. [8]

Education

Shoreline Unified School District operates the Bodega Bay School. [9]

The district's high school is Tomales High School. [10]

Geography

The village of Bodega Bay on Bodega Harbor Wpdms usgs photo bodega harbor.jpg
The village of Bodega Bay on Bodega Harbor

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 12.5 square miles (32 km2), of which 8.3 square miles (21 km2) of it is land, and 4.2 square miles (11 km2) of it (33.37%) is water. The town lies on the edge of Bodega Harbor. Bodega Bay itself extends south along the coast to Tomales Bay. North of town lies a long coastal exposure of alternating rock outcrops and sandy beaches which is known as Sonoma Coast State Beach.

The U.S. National Weather Service provides a helpful visual aid [11] graphing weather and climate information from the nearby Monterey sensors to display visually by month the annual typical temperatures, the past year's temperatures, and record temperatures.

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, Bodega Bay has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps. [12] Like much of the California coast, summer afternoons are often cool and windy (and sometimes foggy) as winds blow in off the ocean.

Climate data for Bodega Bay, California
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Mean daily maximum °F (°C)56.6
(13.7)
59.7
(15.4)
60.7
(15.9)
62.7
(17.1)
65.8
(18.8)
69.5
(20.8)
70.6
(21.4)
71.1
(21.7)
71.0
(21.7)
67.9
(19.9)
61.6
(16.4)
56.6
(13.7)
64.5
(18.0)
Daily mean °F (°C)48.9
(9.4)
50.8
(10.4)
51.9
(11.1)
53.2
(11.8)
55.8
(13.2)
58.9
(14.9)
60.5
(15.8)
60.6
(15.9)
60.0
(15.6)
57.3
(14.1)
52.5
(11.4)
48.6
(9.2)
54.9
(12.7)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C)41.1
(5.1)
41.9
(5.5)
43.0
(6.1)
43.6
(6.4)
45.7
(7.6)
48.3
(9.1)
50.3
(10.2)
50.1
(10.1)
49.0
(9.4)
46.6
(8.1)
43.3
(6.3)
40.5
(4.7)
45.3
(7.4)
Average precipitation inches (mm)7.6
(190)
6.9
(180)
5.4
(140)
2.4
(61)
1.4
(36)
0.3
(7.6)
0
(0)
0.1
(2.5)
0.4
(10)
2.1
(53)
5.1
(130)
7.9
(200)
39.6
(1,010.1)
Source: Bestplaces.net [13]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
2010 1,077
2020 912−15.3%
U.S. Decennial Census [14]
1850–1870 [15] [16] 1880-1890 [17]
1900 [18] 1910 [19] 1920 [20]
1930 [21] 1940 [22] 1950 [23]
1960 [24] 1970 [25] 1980 [26]
1990 [27] 2000 [28] 2010 [29]

2010 Census

The 2010 United States Census [30] reported that Bodega Bay had a population of 1,077. The population density was 86.0 inhabitants per square mile (33.2/km2). The ethnic makeup of Bodega Bay was 951 (88.3%) White, 2 (0.2%) African American, 4 (0.4%) Native American, 33 (3.1%) Asian, 4 (0.4%) Pacific Islander, 49 (4.5%) from other races, and 34 (3.2%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 126 persons (11.7%).

The Census reported that 99.0% of the population lived in households and 1.0% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters.

There were 533 households, out of which 77 (14.4%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 278 (52.2%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 22 (4.1%) had a female householder with no husband present, 14 (2.6%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 33 (6.2%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 8 (1.5%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 170 households (31.9%) were made up of individuals, and 67 (12.6%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.00. There were 314 families (58.9% of all households); the average family size was 2.48.

The population was spread out, with 131 people (12.2%) under the age of 18, 52 people (4.8%) aged 18 to 24, 172 people (16.0%) aged 25 to 44, 409 people (38.0%) aged 45 to 64, and 313 people (29.1%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 57.2 years. For every 100 females, there were 105.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.1 males.

There were 1,060 housing units at an average density of 84.6 units per square mile (32.7 units/km2), of which 67.9% were owner-occupied and 32.1% were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 4.6%; the rental vacancy rate was 23.7%. 65.3% of the population lived in owner-occupied housing units and 33.7% lived in rental housing units.

2000 Census

As of the census [31] of 2000, there were 1,423 people, 669 households, and 432 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 169.7 inhabitants per square mile (65.5/km2). There were 1,144 housing units at an average density of 136.4 units per square mile (52.7 units/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 85.52% White, 0.35% African American, 1.55% Native American, 1.34% Asian, 9.07% from other races, and 2.18% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 15.18% of the population. There were 669 households, out of which 14.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.5% were married couples living together, 3.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.4% were non-families. 27.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.11 and the average family size was 2.47.

In the CDP, the population was 12.7% under the age of 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 21.7% from 25 to 44, 36.5% from 45 to 64, and 22.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 51 years. For every 100 females, there were 108.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.3 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $56,818, and the median income for a family was $60,750. Males had a median income of $27,778 versus $28,375 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $37,226. About 2.0% of families and 4.0% of the population were below the poverty line. This includes none of those under the age of eighteen or sixty-five or over.

Notable people

Memorial inspired by the death of Nicholas Green BodegaBayBells3203.jpg
Memorial inspired by the death of Nicholas Green

Bodega Bay was the hometown of Nicholas Green, the American child shot dead during a robbery by highwaymen in Italy where his family were on vacation in 1994. Nicholas and his family became famous when almost every organ or body part was donated to those in need following his death. [32]

Erden Eruç made history here when he completed the first entirely solo and entirely human-powered circumnavigation of the Earth. He began the expedition on July 10, 2007, in Bodega Bay and returned a little more than five years later on July 21, 2012. [33] [34]

Film locations

Bodega Bay has served as a location for several major films and TV shows: [35] [36] [37]

Other facilities

A branch of the University of California operates a marine lab at Bodega Bay, the Bodega Marine Laboratory. [41]

A nuclear power plant had been planned for Bodega Bay in the 1960s but was abandoned after both local and statewide protests and the discovery of the San Andreas Fault near the proposed site. Excavation for the site began at Bodega Head, and since the project was abandoned the area has been referred to by locals as "The Hole in the Head." [42]

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