Foresta, California

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in California, United States}} {{For|the stream in Sonoma County|Crane Creek (California)}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Crane Creek |settlement_type = [[Unincorporated area#United States|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 = [[U.S. state|State]] |subdivision_name1 = {{flag|California}} |subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in California|County]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Mariposa County, California|Mariposa]]  |government_footnotes = |government_type = |established_title = |established_date =  | unit_pref = Imperial | area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022">{{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}}</ref> | 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 United States census|2020]] | population_density_km2 = | population_density_sq_mi = 78.38 | population_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2020">{{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}}</ref>  |timezone = [[Pacific Time Zone|Pacific (PST)]] |utc_offset = -8 |timezone_DST = PDT |utc_offset_DST = -7 |elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> |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 = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]] |blank_info = 06-24792 |blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID |blank1_info = 2830231<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2830231}}</ref> |website = |footnotes = }}

'''Foresta''' (formerly, '''McCauley''' and '''Opim''')<ref name=CGN /> is an [[Unincorporated area#United States|unincorporated community]] and a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Mariposa County, California]], within [[Yosemite National Park]].<ref name=gnis/>

==History== The name comes from the [[Foresta Land Company]], founded by A.B. Davis in 1913.<ref name=CGN /> Davis built a resort at Foresta but abandoned it.<ref name=CGN /> 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.<ref>{{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=}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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=}}</ref>

The Opim post office operated there from 1882 to 1884.<ref name=CGN />

==Geography== It is located {{convert|2.25|mi|km|1}} northeast of [[El Portal, California|El Portal]],<ref name=CGN>{{California's Geographic Names|773-774}}</ref> at an elevation of 4,420 feet (1,350 m).<ref name=gnis/>

==Demographics== {{US Census population |2020= 29 |align-fn=center |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census by Decade|publisher=[[US Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref> 1850–1870<ref name=1870CensusCA1>{{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]]}}</ref><ref name=1870CensusCA2>{{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]]}}</ref> 1880-1890<ref name=1890CensusCA>{{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]]}}</ref> 1900<ref name=1900CensusCA>{{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]]}}</ref> 1910<ref name=1910CensusCA>{{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]]|access-date=August 16, 2024|archive-date=August 23, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240823050629/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ca.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> 1920<ref name=1920CensusCA>{{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]]}}</ref> 1930<ref name=1930CensusCA>{{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]]}}</ref> 1940<ref name=1940CensusCA>{{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]]}}</ref> 1950<ref name=1950CensusCA>{{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]]}}</ref> 1960<ref name=1960CensusCA>{{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]]}}</ref> 1970<ref name=1970CensusCA>{{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]]}}</ref> 1980<ref name=1980CensusCA>{{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]]}}</ref> 1990<ref name=1990CensusCA>{{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]]}}</ref> 2000<ref name=2000CensusCA>{{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]]}}</ref> 2010<ref name=2010CensusCA>{{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]]}}</ref> }}

The community was first listed as a [[census designated place]] under the name '''Crane Creek''' in the [[2020 U.S. census]].<ref>{{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=}}</ref><ref name=2020CensusP2/> The CDP's name was changed to '''Foresta''' by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2022.<ref>{{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]]}}</ref>

===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<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{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=}}</ref> !% 2020 |- |[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH) |21 |72.41% |- |[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH) |0 |0.00% |- |[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH) |0 |0.00% |- |[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH) |0 |0.00% |- |[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH) |0 |0.00% |- |[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH) |1 |3.45% |- |[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH) |6 |20.69% |- |[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race) |1 |3.45% |- |'''Total''' |'''29''' |'''100.00%''' |}

==References== {{reflist}}

[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Mariposa County, California]] [[Category:Populated places in the Sierra Nevada (United States)]] [[Category:Yosemite National Park]] [[Category:Unincorporated communities in California]] [[Category:Census-designated places in Mariposa County, California]] [[Category:Census-designated places in California]] [[Category:Long stubs with short prose]]