Foresta, California

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in California, United States}}

{{Infobox settlement

|official_name = Crane Creek

|settlement_type = Unincorporated community
Census-designated place

|image_skyline = View of Yosemite Valley from Foresta - Flickr - daveynin.jpg

|imagesize =

|image_caption = Yosemite Valley as seen from Foresta

|pushpin_map = California#USA

|pushpin_label = Foresta

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = {{USA}}

|subdivision_type1 = State

|subdivision_name1 = {{flag|California}}

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Mariposa

|government_footnotes =

|government_type =

|established_title =

|established_date =

| unit_pref = Imperial

| area_footnotes = {{cite web |title=2022 U.S. Gazetteer Files: California |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2022_Gazetteer/2021_gaz_place_06.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=July 15, 2022}}

| area_total_sq_mi = 0.37

| area_land_sq_mi = 0.37

| area_water_sq_mi = 0.00

| area_total_km2 = 0.96

| area_land_km2 = 0.96

| area_water_km2 = 0.00

| population_total = 29

| population_as_of = 2020

| population_density_km2 =

| population_density_sq_mi = 78.38

| population_footnotes = {{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=1600000US0616886&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1| title=P1. Race – Crane Creek CDP, California: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=July 15, 2022}}

|timezone = Pacific (PST)

|utc_offset = -8

|timezone_DST = PDT

|utc_offset_DST = -7

|elevation_footnotes =

|elevation_ft = 4420

|coordinates = {{coord|37|41|56|N|119|44|54|W|display=inline,title}}

|postal_code_type = ZIP Code

|postal_code = 95389 (Yosemite National Park)

|area_code =

|blank_name = FIPS code

|blank_info = 06-24792

|blank1_name = GNIS feature ID

|blank1_info = 2830231{{GNIS|2830231}}

|website =

|footnotes =

}}

Foresta (formerly, McCauley and Opim) is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) in Mariposa County, California, within Yosemite National Park.

History

The name comes from the Foresta Land Company, founded by A.B. Davis in 1913. Davis built a resort at Foresta but abandoned it. The Foresta area was subdivided and sold off to investors by the 1930s, but little construction at the site took place until electricity was extended to Foresta in 1951. Building of private residences mostly began at that time and continued until the early 1960s, with a campground built soon after.{{cite book |last=Greene |first=Linda Wedel |author-link= |date=1987 |title=Yosemite: The Park and Its Resources, Volume 2 of 3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j9hc9IurgAAC&dq=foresta+yosemite&pg=PA937 |location=Washington, DC |publisher=US Department of the Interior, National Park Service |pages=932–937 |isbn=}} Foresta now consists of homes for National Park Service, concessionaire, and Yosemite Institute employees, plus several vacation rentals. The community is located on the slopes surrounding Big Meadow, three miles off the Big Oak Flat Road. Many of the homes in the area burned in a 1990 wildfire.{{cite book |author= |date=2000 |title=Final Yosemite Valley Plan: Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xTQ3AQAAMAAJ&dq=foresta+yosemite&pg=SA3-PA147 |location=Yosemite National Park, CA |publisher=National Park Service |pages=3–147 |isbn=}}

The Opim post office operated there from 1882 to 1884.

Geography

It is located {{convert|2.25|mi|km|1}} northeast of El Portal,{{California's Geographic Names|773-774}} at an elevation of 4,420 feet (1,350 m).

Demographics

{{US Census population

|2020= 29

|align-fn=center

|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census by Decade|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=}}
1850–1870{{Cite web|title= 1870 Census of Population - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties - California - Almeda County to Sutter County |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-12.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}{{Cite web|title= 1870 Census of Population - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties - California - Tehama County to Yuba County |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-13.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}} 1880-1890{{Cite web|title= 1890 Census of Population - Population of California by Minor Civil Divisions |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1890/bulletins/demographics/134-population-of-ca.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}
1900{{Cite web|title= 1900 Census of Population - Population of California by Counties and Minor Civil Divisions |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1900/bulletins/demographic/10-population-ca.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}} 1910{{Cite web|title= 1910 Census of Population - Supplement for California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ca.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}} 1920{{Cite web|title= 1920 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1920/bulletins/demographics/population-ca-number-of-inhabitants.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}
1930{{Cite web|title= 1930 Census of Population - Number and Distribution of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1930/population-volume-1/03815512v1ch03.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}} 1940{{Cite web|title= 1940 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch03.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}} 1950{{Cite web|title= 1950 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-1/vol-01-08.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}
1960{{Cite web|title= 1960 Census of Population - General population Characteristics - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-06-d.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}} 1970{{Cite web|title= 1970 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1970a_ca1-01.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}} 1980{{Cite web|title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_caAB-01.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}
1990{{Cite web|title= 1990 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-6.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}

2000{{Cite web|title= 2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-6.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}} 2010{{Cite web|title= 2010 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-6.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}

}}

The community was first listed as a census designated place under the name Crane Creek in the 2020 U.S. Census.{{Cite web|title=2020 Geography Changes|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/technical-documentation/table-and-geography-changes/2020/geography-changes.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=}} The CDP's name was changed to Foresta by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2022.{{Cite web|title= 2022 Geography Changes |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/technical-documentation/table-and-geography-changes/2022/geography-changes.html|website=United States Census Bureau}}

=2020 census=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

|+Foresta CDP, California – Racial and ethnic composition
{{nobold|Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.}}

!Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)

!Pop 2020{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Crane Creek CDP, California|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0616886&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=}}

!% 2020

White alone (NH)

|21

|72.41%

Black or African American alone (NH)

|0.00%

Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)

|0.00%

Asian alone (NH)

|0.00%

Pacific Islander alone (NH)

|0.00%