Loyalton, California

Loyalton is a city in Sierra County, California, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 769, reflecting a decline of 93 from the 862 counted in 2000. The ZIP code for the community is 96118. Wired telephone numbers in the community follow the format (530) 993-xxxx. The town is near the north extent of State Route 49, which ends at State Route 70 in Vinton. According to Rand-McNally, it is a fifty-mile drive on State Route 49 to the county seat, Downieville. Many of the population are ranchers, loggers, former loggers, or suburbanites escaping from the San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento, and the growing Reno-Tahoe area.GeographyLoyalton is located at . Elevation above mean sea level for the area was listed as roughly 4930ft.According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.4sqmi, all land.ClimateThis region experiences warm and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Loyalton has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.