Newell, California

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Newell is a small unincorporated community about 4,000 feet above mean sea level in Modoc County, California in the United States.

The community is located along California State Route 139 south of Tulelake and about ten miles south of the Oregon border. It's less than eight miles south of Tulelake on the U.S. Geological Survey 7.5-minute quadrangle, Newell, California. The U.S. Geological Survey, National Geographic Names Database, calls its existence official with a feature ID of 1659219 and lists the NAD27 coordinates of the community as 41°53′18″N, 121°22′16″W. The ZIP Code is 96134: a code shared with several other local towns. The community is inside area code 530.

Contents 1 Landmarks 2 See also 3 Sources 4 External links

[edit] Landmarks

• There are many grain and horseradish storage facilities in or near Newell.
• Newell Elementary School, operated by Tulelake Basin Joint Unified School District, is a local landmark.
• Tulelake Municipal Airport, (FAA identifier: 081 or zero-eight-one) features a 3,500-foot paved runway. The Common Traffic Advisory Frequency is 122.9 MHz.
• The site of the World War II U.S. Army facility named Tulelake Relocation Center is near the north end of the community. The center was a prison camp for interned Japanese nationals, and U.S. citizens of Japanese ancestry, during a portion of the war.
• The Union Pacific Railroad Modoc Subdivision tracks run along the west side of town and parallel to SR139.
• Tulelake National Wildlfe Refuge, a unit of Klamath National Wildlife Refuge, is northwest of the town. This is a U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service federal reservation.

[edit] See also

• Japanese American internment
• Lava Beds National Monument
• Tule Lake War Relocation Center
• Tionesta, California
• Tulelake, California

[edit] Sources

• Map: Lava Beds National Monument, California, 417-648/40240 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1997).
• U.S. Geological Survey, National Geographic Names Database.
• Map: U.S. Geological Survey, Newell, California, 7.5-minute Quadrangle, 1993.
• California Region Timetable: 14, (Modesto, California: Altamont Press, 2003).

[edit] External links

• Maps and aerial photos Coordinates: 41.888333° -121.371111°
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  • Topographic map from TopoZone
  • Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA