Red Earth Creek | |
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 Businesses alongHighway 88 | |
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| Coordinates:56°32′26″N115°17′07″W / 56.5406°N 115.2853°W /56.5406; -115.2853 | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Alberta |
| Municipal district | Opportunity No. 17 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Unincorporated |
| • Governing body | M.D. of Opportunity No. 17 Council |
| Area (2021)[1] | |
| • Land | 29.6 km2 (11.4 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 520 m (1,710 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 315 |
| • Density | 10.6/km2 (27/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
Red Earth Creek is ahamlet inAlberta, Canada within theMunicipal District of Opportunity No. 17.[2] It is located east ofHighway 88, between the town ofSlave Lake and the hamlet ofFort Vermilion, and has an elevation of 520 metres (1,710 ft).
This hamlet is inCensus Division No. 17 and in the federal riding ofFort McMurray-Athabasca. It is also the administrative centre of the Loon RiverFirst Nationreserve
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Originally the site was known as “Osseepeem” (His Creek).[3]
The hamlet was subjected byTreaty No. 5 by theSaulteaux andSwampy Cree on September 20, 1875.[4]
In the2021 Census of Population conducted byStatistics Canada, Red Earth Creek had a population of 315 living in 113 of its 145 total private dwellings, a change of-10.8% from its 2016 population of 353. With a land area of 29.6 km2 (11.4 sq mi), it had a population density of10.6/km2 (27.6/sq mi) in 2021.[1]
As a designated place in the2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Red Earth Creek had a population of 294 living in 111 of its 200 total private dwellings, a change of-12.8% from its 2011 population of 337. With a land area of 38.66 km2 (14.93 sq mi), it had a population density of7.6/km2 (19.7/sq mi) in 2016.[5]
| Climate data for Red Earth Creek | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 1.0 (33.8) | 8.0 (46.4) | 13.0 (55.4) | 30.0 (86.0) | 33.3 (91.9) | 36.3 (97.3) | 33.0 (91.4) | 33.0 (91.4) | 31.7 (89.1) | 22.2 (72.0) | 6.0 (42.8) | 1.0 (33.8) | 36.3 (97.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −9.4 (15.1) | −5.9 (21.4) | 0.6 (33.1) | 10.0 (50.0) | 16.1 (61.0) | 19.6 (67.3) | 21.4 (70.5) | 20.3 (68.5) | 14.7 (58.5) | 10.5 (50.9) | −5.0 (23.0) | −7.8 (18.0) | 7.1 (44.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −15.3 (4.5) | −11.0 (12.2) | −6.6 (20.1) | 2.5 (36.5) | 9.8 (49.6) | 13.7 (56.7) | 15.5 (59.9) | 14.2 (57.6) | 9.0 (48.2) | 4.6 (40.3) | −10.6 (12.9) | −13.9 (7.0) | 1.0 (33.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −21.1 (−6.0) | −16.1 (3.0) | −13.8 (7.2) | −5.1 (22.8) | 3.3 (37.9) | 7.7 (45.9) | 9.6 (49.3) | 8.1 (46.6) | 3.3 (37.9) | −1.4 (29.5) | −16.4 (2.5) | −19.8 (−3.6) | −5.1 (22.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −41.0 (−41.8) | −30.5 (−22.9) | −24.5 (−12.1) | −20.5 (−4.9) | −10.0 (14.0) | −2.5 (27.5) | 1.0 (33.8) | −3.0 (26.6) | −14.4 (6.1) | −13.3 (8.1) | −31.0 (−23.8) | −37.0 (−34.6) | −41.0 (−41.8) |
| Averageprecipitation cm (inches) | 1.7 (0.7) | 0.9 (0.4) | 1.1 (0.4) | 1.3 (0.5) | 5.3 (2.1) | 8.8 (3.5) | 9.2 (3.6) | 6.5 (2.6) | 4.3 (1.7) | 2.0 (0.8) | 2.5 (1.0) | 1.8 (0.7) | 45.4 (18) |
| Average rainfall cm (inches) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.3 (0.1) | 4.9 (1.9) | 8.8 (3.5) | 9.2 (3.6) | 6.5 (2.6) | 4.0 (1.6) | 0.9 (0.4) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 34.6 (13.7) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 22 (8.7) | 14 (5.5) | 19 (7.5) | 18 (7.1) | 4 (1.6) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3 (1.2) | 8 (3.1) | 25 (9.8) | 18 (7.1) | 131 (51.6) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.02cm) | 10 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 117 |
| Source:http://www.farmzone.com/statistics/summary/cl3075491/na020 | |||||||||||||
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