Altaville, California Weather
Altaville, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Altaville, Calaveras County.
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About Altaville, California
Altaville sits against the rising Sierra Nevada foothills, a place where the dry chaparral of the lower slopes begins to yield to the more robust pines and oaks. It lies 31.5 miles north-east of Riverbank, CA (from Riverbank, CA: bearing 40°T), and is situated 8.3 miles north-north-east of Copperopolis. The air here carries a faint, dusty scent of sun-baked earth and the resinous fragrance of the surrounding woodlands, especially potent in the late afternoon when the sun slants low. The landscape rolls and folds, not with the dramatic grandeur of the high peaks, but with a more intimate, weathered grace, suggesting a long history of slow erosion and the patient work of water. The buildings, many of them old and weathered, seem to settle into this terrain as if they too have grown from the very soil, their paint faded by countless summers and their roofs softened by the passage of seasons. The legacy of gold runs deep in the character of Altaville, a palpable echo of the California Gold Rush that shaped so much of this region. While the frantic pickaxes and sluice boxes are long gone, the spirit of enterprise and resilience lingers, now channeled into the quiet hum of local commerce and the steady work of maintaining the historical fabric of the place. The old wooden structures along the main thoroughfare, some dating back to the 19th century, still stand, a testament to the enduring nature of community built on grit and aspiration. The economy, once driven by the glittering promise of precious metal, now finds its footing in the services that support the surrounding ranches and the steady stream of visitors drawn to the area's natural beauty and historical resonance.
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| Location | Altaville, Calaveras County, California |
| Coordinates | 38.083811°N, 120.561869°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 95222, 95221 |
| Area Code | 408, 669 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Altaville, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Altaville, California, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Altaville includes coordinates 38.083811°N, 120.561869°W, situated in Calaveras County. ZIP code 95222, 95221. Telephone area code: 408, 669. Timezone: Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
