Copper City, California
Shasta Dam inundated Copper City--named for the copper ore that once fueled the area's economy--in 1944.
About this community
- Dam
- Shasta Dam
- River
- Sacramento River
- Region
- California
- Basin
- Sacramento
- Project
- Shasta
- Established
- 1852
- Inundated
- 1945
The community that was displaced
- Displacement cost
- $11,364,266
- Property value
- $779,674
- Vocations
- farmer, fisherman, rancher
- Birthplaces
- local