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50-548: Tecopa is a census-designated place (CDP) in the Mojave Desert in southeast Inyo County , California , United States. Originally occupied by the Koso and Chemehuevi Indians, Pioneers began populating what would become the CDP in the late 19th century to support nearby mines. It is now better known for the natural hot springs in the northern part of the CDP. The Old Spanish Trail and

100-424: A CDP name "be one that is recognized and used in daily communication by the residents of the community" (not "a name developed solely for planning or other purposes") and recommend that a CDP's boundaries be mapped based on the geographic extent associated with inhabitants' regular use of the named place. There is no provision, however, that this name recognition be unanimous for all residents, or that all residents use

150-590: A change in policy second round of a few more parcels were offered at fair market value by BLM. The lands offered under the first two rounds remain largely undeveloped. The third round of 2.5 acre parcels were offered in 1964 to provide inexpensive land for housing retirees that were squatting at the Hot Springs. Seven parcels were sold, six of which were purchased by the Thilenius and Parrish families who subdivided them and developed water systems. Those parcels now constitute

200-459: A median income of $ 0 versus $ 31,250 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $ 10,395. There were 30.8% of families and 38.6% of the population living below the poverty line , including 100.0% of under eighteens and 27.0% of those over 64. Public transportation in Tecopa is operated by Eastern Sierra Transit Authority as a fixed route lifeline service to residents of Tecopa to Pahrump twice

250-618: A month. In October 2020, service was suspended because the contractor serving this route, Pahrump Senior Center, sold the route to a third-party vendor and failed to meet contractual obligations. Eastern Sierra Transit Authority is in the process of finding an alternative provider for the Tecopa bus route Tecopa receives electrical power through Southern California Edison . There is no gas utility serving Tecopa. The community instead relies on propane gas deliveries from companies located in Pahrump The Incumbent telephone carrier for Tecopa

300-455: A population of at least 10,000. For the 1970 Census , the population threshold for "unincorporated places" in urbanized areas was reduced to 5,000. For the 1980 Census , the designation was changed to "census designated places" and the designation was made available for places inside urbanized areas in New England. For the 1990 Census , the population threshold for CDPs in urbanized areas

350-549: A pound freight from San Bernardino here." The original townsite was occasionally occupied but never really revived and in 2006 the Amargosa Conservancy acquired it for preservation purposes The townsite is currently located in the vicinity of "The Triangle", a small piece of land surrounded by the arms of three "Y's" at the intersection of two roads. It was reestablished in 1907 when the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad reached

400-517: A town; in 1877 a post office began operating at there. In 1878, it was determined that the townsite was 300 yards within Inyo county. Settling a dispute with San Bernardino County of who controlled the township. Soon thereafter, the town went into decline, with most of the miners moving to Resting Springs in July 1879. Inyo County Sheriff William Welch considered Tecopa a costly mistake because, "it costs five cents

450-498: Is AT&T. The county acknowledges that AT&T fails to maintain their network by providing unreliable Telephone and internet service. The community instead relies on Fixed Wireless Internet Service Providers and Satellite internet Tecopa doesn't have traditional residential waste services. Instead, residents use communal dumpsters, which are serviced by C&S Waste Solutions under the Pahrump Valley Disposal brand. In

500-576: Is a United States federal law that governs the way in which the public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management are managed. The law was enacted in 1976 by the 94th Congress and is found in the United States Code under Title 43 . The Federal Land Policy and Management Act phased out homesteading in the United States by repealing the pre-existing Homestead Acts . Multiple factors led to

550-547: Is on the left of the road, and flows into Saleratus Creek. Animals must not be allowed to drink the Saleratus water." There the trail turned to follow the river south to Salt Springs . China Ranch Wash is named for the Chinese Man who developed Willow Creek around 1900 and raised meat and vegetables to sell to the miners. In 1875 two brothers William D. and Robert D. Brown, had discovered lead and silver ore at what would become

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600-911: Is the west endpoint of the Old Spanish Trail (OST) Heading east, the OST Road passes Tecopa-Francis Elementary School (now closed) to the intersection with the Furnace Creek Road. Southwest of the intersection is most populous part of the community, originally known as "Jackrabbit Flat." In the 1950', the General Land Office, then the BLM began offering parcels under the authority of the Small Tract Act of 1938 as recreational properties to become known as "Jackrabbit Homesteads. The first round of five acre parcels were proofed and patented prior to 1959. After

650-620: Is to conduct studies, classifying areas as Wilderness Study Areas . These areas are not official Wilderness areas but are, for all intents and purposes, treated as such until formally designated as Wilderness or released by Congress . Approximately 8.8 million acres of BLM wilderness are currently included in the National Wilderness Preservation System as a result of the wilderness reviews mandated by FLPMA. Those ordered to implement policies from FLPMA are trained government employees using guidelines expressly stated within

700-643: The 1890 Census , in which the Census mixed unincorporated places with incorporated places in its products with "town" or "village" as its label. This made it confusing to determine which of the "towns" were or were not incorporated. The 1900 through 1930 Censuses did not report data for unincorporated places. For the 1940 Census , the Census Bureau compiled a separate report of unofficial, unincorporated communities of 500 or more people. The Census Bureau officially defined this category as "unincorporated places" in

750-455: The 1950 Census and used that term through the 1970 Census. For the 1950 Census, these types of places were identified only outside " urbanized areas ". In 1960 , the Census Bureau also identified unincorporated places inside urbanized areas (except in New England , whose political geography is based on the New England town , and is distinctly different from other areas of the U.S.), but with

800-673: The California Desert Protection Act of 1994 CDPA. The Nopah Range , designated Wilderness in the CDPA is to the east. According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 18.7 square miles (48 km), of which, 18.6 square miles (48 km) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km) of it (0.37%) is water. Historically, Tecopa's economy was based on silver and lead mining. Those mines closed in 1957, by which time retirees were moving to

850-488: The Public Land Law Review Commission and the commission's findings have been given credit for introducing ideas that would eventually lead to FLPMA. The Public Land Law Review Commission reviewed legislation regarding federal land, deducing which laws were outdated, unnecessary, and needed to be revised. The numerous laws that the Public Land Law Review Commission found to be inefficient combined with

900-480: The state legislature , Tecopa is in the 8th Senate District , represented by Democrat Angelique Ashby , and the 26th Assembly District , represented by Democrat Evan Low . Federally, Tecopa is in California's 8th congressional district , represented by Democrat John Garamendi . Children in Tecopa attend schools operated by Death Valley Unified School District The Tecopa Branch Library, of

950-464: The CDP is named, plus surrounding inhabited countryside of varying dimensions and, occasionally, other, smaller unincorporated communities as well. CDPs include small rural communities, edge cities , colonias located along the Mexico–United States border , and unincorporated resort and retirement communities and their environs. The boundaries of any CDP may change from decade to decade, and

1000-489: The CDP was 88.89% White, 1.01% Black or African American, 7.07% Native American, and 3.03% from two or more races. 4.04% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. Of the 60 households 10.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 28.3% were married couples living together, 6.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 63.3% were non-families. 55.0% of households were one person and 30.0% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size

1050-476: The Census Bureau considers some towns in New England states, New Jersey and New York as well as townships in some other states as MCDs, even though they are incorporated municipalities in those states. In such states, CDPs may be defined within such towns or spanning the boundaries of multiple towns. There are a number of reasons for the CDP designation: Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 The Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA)

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1100-422: The Census Bureau may de-establish a CDP after a period of study, then re-establish it some decades later. Most unincorporated areas within the United States are not and have not been included in any CDP. The boundaries of a CDP have no legal status and may not always correspond with the local understanding of the area or community with the same name. However, criteria established for the 2010 census require that

1150-612: The Inyo County Free Library. Provides internet access to community members who lack affordable internet Law enforcement services to Tecopa is provided by the Inyo County Sheriff’s Office Fire fighting services is provided by Southern Inyo Fire Protection District, which is headquartered in Tecopa. Cemetery Services in Tecopa are managed by the Tecopa Cemetery District since February 2022 It

1200-564: The Resting Springs Mining District and began promoting it. They established a townsite, calling it Brownsville, 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Resting Springs near the head of Willow Creek. Kasson, California was nearby. A camp was established at the site as mines were developed at Noonday Mine in the late 1870s. Jonas Osborne bought out the Browns, and renamed the townsite after Paiute leader Chief Tecopa . The camp grew into

1250-405: The age of 18 living in them, 22 (23.9%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 2 (2.2%) had a female householder with no husband present, 6 (6.5%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 6 (6.5%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships , and 2 (2.2%) same-sex married couples or partnerships . 56 households (60.9%) were one person and 28 (30.4%) had someone living alone who

1300-488: The area to enjoy the hot springs. Nearby mines for other minerals such as talc continued operating for another 25 years providing employment for a few citizens of the area. Tourism to the hot springs increased and Tecopa began slowly transitioning to an ecotourist and resort area. A major attraction in the area is the Tecopa Ecological Reserve, which hosts an undeveloped natural ground-fed hot spring. However,

1350-484: The boundaries for CDPs. The PSAP was to be offered to county and municipal planning agencies during 2008. The boundaries of such places may be defined in cooperation with local or tribal officials, but are not fixed, and do not affect the status of local government or incorporation; the territories thus defined are strictly statistical entities. CDP boundaries may change from one census to the next to reflect changes in settlement patterns. Further, as statistical entities,

1400-419: The boundaries of the CDP may not correspond with local understanding of the area with the same name. Recognized communities may be divided into two or more CDPs while on the other hand, two or more communities may be combined into one CDP. A CDP may also cover the unincorporated part of a named community, where the rest lies within an incorporated place. By defining an area as a CDP, that locality then appears in

1450-588: The community for which the CDP is named for services provided therein. There is no mandatory correlation between CDP names or boundaries and those established for other human purposes, such as post office names or zones, political precincts, or school districts. The Census Bureau states that census-designated places are not considered incorporated places and that it includes only census-designated places in its city population list for Hawaii because that state has no incorporated cities. In addition, census city lists from 2007 included Arlington County, Virginia 's CDP in

1500-582: The densist population of what is now known as "Tecopa Heights," the area offered under the Small Tracts Act. The cemetery is on the west side of Tecopa Heights. Since Tecopa lacks proper water infrastructure that is capable of properly filtering ground water to state standards, the Southern Inyo County Fire Protection District in 2014 received a grant in order to install a water kiosk for the community, The community water kiosk

1550-486: The early 1960s John Gregory Dunne documented that several low-income retirees were squatting in trailers within the zone. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) granted a 40 acre "Recreational and Public Purposes" (R&PP) lease to Inyo County for County run facilities. The Hot Springs area is currently where the Community Center, Fire Station, Library, several tourist facilities and some homes are located. The Triangle

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1600-547: The fall and winter seasons. Tecopa holds an annual firehouse fling in November. It is hosted by Southern Inyo Fire Protection District, as a way to raise funds for the rural fire department Tecopa also hosts in November Tecopa Takeover Music Festival since 2014 At the 2010 census Tecopa had a population of 150. The population density was 8.0 people per square mile (3.1/km). The racial makeup of Tecopa

1650-601: The later wagon road called the Old Mormon Road or Salt Lake Road, passed from Resting Springs , east of the modern site of Tecopa, 7 miles to Willow Creek (fed by Willow Spring within China Ranch Wash on the east bank of the canyon of the Amargosa River (then called Saleratus Creek)), south of Tecopa. In 1859, The Prairie Traveler , a popular handbook for overland travelers at that time described it: The spring

1700-543: The list with the incorporated places, but since 2010, only the Urban Honolulu CDP, Hawaii, representing the historic core of Honolulu, Hawaii , is shown in the city and town estimates. The Census Bureau reported data for some unincorporated places as early as the first census in 1790 (for example, Louisville, Kentucky , which was not legally incorporated in Kentucky until 1828), though usage continued to develop through

1750-512: The management of federal land that was intended for public use. Congress recognized the value of the public lands, declaring that these lands would remain in public ownership. The National Forest Service , National Park Service , and now, the Bureau of Land Management , are commissioned in FLPMA to allow a variety of uses on their land (of greater concern for the BLM, who is the least restrictive in terms of uses) while simultaneously trying to preserve

1800-417: The natural hot spring is subject to closure because of impacts to protected Amargosa vole (a subspecies of Microtus californicau ) habitat from camp fires and human waste. Tecopa also has minimal agriculture activities; mostly revolving around date farming, and marijuana cultivation. The town has a growing microbrewery and bakery scene that caters to the patrons of Tecopa's three hot springs resorts during

1850-715: The natural resources in them. This concept is best summarized by the term 'multiple-use.' 'Multiple use' is defined in the Act as "management of the public lands and their various resource values so that they are utilized in the combination that will best meet the present and future needs of the American people." FLPMA addresses topics such as land-use planning , land acquisition, fees and payments, administration of federal land, range management, and right-of-ways on federal land. FLPMA has specific objectives and time frames in which to accomplish these objectives, giving it more authority and eliminating

1900-498: The owners and 35 (38.0%) by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 6.6%; the rental vacancy rate was 10.3%. 96 people (64.0% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 54 people (36.0%) lived in rental housing units. At the 2000 census there were 99 people, 60 households, and 22 families in the CDP. The population density was 5.3 people per square mile (2.1/km). There were 133 housing units at an average density of 7.2 per square mile (2.8/km). The racial makeup of

1950-597: The passing of the Federal Land Policy Management Act of 1976. Public opinion and attitude towards natural land had shifted, with more people wanting to preserve and protect federal lands . The public influenced representatives in the House of Representatives and the Senate to create an act that would change how federal lands were overseen, transitioning from little management to intense land management. The work of

2000-575: The power of the Bureau of Land Management in the Department of the Interior to acquire and dispose of federal land. The FLPMA required a plan to be created for land to determine the environmental value of that land and if it could be designated for public use. The plan would detail the environmental concerns of the land, requiring that three factors be upheld: The Bureau of Land Management had to follow these requirements when making any decisions regarding

2050-495: The public's desire for better federal land management motivated the United States Congress to pass the FLPMA. The FLPMA changed the way that the federal government managed lands and the resources on those lands by providing the Bureau of Land Management more control over the acquisition and disposal of land and by creating a detailed plan that analyzed the environmental concerns of federal land. The act greatly increased

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2100-457: The same category of census data as incorporated places. This distinguishes CDPs from other census classifications, such as minor civil divisions (MCDs), which are in a separate category. The population and demographics of the CDP are included in the data of county subdivisions containing the CDP. Generally, a CDP shall not be defined within the boundaries of what the Census Bureau regards to be an incorporated city, village or borough. However,

2150-561: The site, which was the closest point from the railroad to the mines. A post office opened at the new site in 1907, was closed in 1931, and reopened in 1932. A church, some homes and seasonal eating establishments are also located by the Triangle. The road heading north of the Triangle leads to the Hot Springs zone of the community where the State of California made indemnity selections in 1927. The State subsequently sold parcels to private citizens. In

2200-499: The uncertainty surrounding the BLM's role in wilderness designation and management. Parts of FLPMA relating specifically to Wilderness are found in Subchapter VI Designated Management Areas (§§ 1781 to 1787) under 43 U.S. Code § 1782 - Bureau of Land Management Wilderness Study . Here, the BLM is also given a mandate to recommend areas for designation as Wilderness and are given 15 years to do so. The BLM

2250-417: Was 1.65 and the average family size was 2.50. The age distribution was 10.1% under the age of 18, 4.0% from 18 to 24, 14.1% from 25 to 44, 28.3% from 45 to 64, and 43.4% 65 or older. The median age was 63 years. For every 100 females, there were 80.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 78.0 males. The median household income was $ 12,344 and the median family income was $ 16,250. Males had

2300-427: Was 119 (79.3%) White, 1 (0.7%) African American, 8 (5.3%) Native American, 2 (1.3%) Asian, 0 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 1 (0.7%) from other races, and 19 (12.7%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8 people (5.3%). The whole population lived in households, no one lived in non-institutionalized group quarters and no one was institutionalized. There were 92 households, 13 (14.1%) had children under

2350-610: Was 65 or older. The average household size was 1.63. There were 30 families (32.6% of households); the average family size was 2.60. The age distribution was 19 people (12.7%) under the age of 18, 5 people (3.3%) aged 18 to 24, 17 people (11.3%) aged 25 to 44, 59 people (39.3%) aged 45 to 64, and 50 people (33.3%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 57.5 years. For every 100 females, there were 138.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 133.9 males. There were 159 housing units at an average density of 8.5 per square mile (3.3/km),of which 92 were occupied, 57 (62.0%) by

2400-587: Was opened in 2017 east of Tecopa Heights on an R&PP lease granted by the BLM. In 1976, Congress designated the federal lands within the CDP part of the "California Desert Conservation Area" in Title VI, Section 601 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 . Tecopa is on the east side of the Amargosa Range which lies between the CDP and Death Valley , which was designated a National Park in

2450-477: Was reduced to 2,500. From 1950 through 1990, the Census Bureau specified other population requirements for unincorporated places or CDPs in Alaska , Puerto Rico , island areas, and Native American reservations . Minimum population criteria for CDPs were dropped with the 2000 Census . The Census Bureau's Participant Statistical Areas Program (PSAP) allows designated participants to review and suggest modifications to

2500-678: Was the subject of an article by John Gregory Dunne published in the Saturday Evening Post and reprinted in Dunne's book, Quintana & Friends , published by Dutton in 1978. Census-designated place CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places , such as self-governing cities , towns , and villages , for the purposes of gathering and correlating statistical data. CDPs are populated areas that generally include one officially designated but currently unincorporated community, for which

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