Mount Wood (California)
History
This geographical feature was named in 1894 by Lieutenant Nathaniel Fish McClure who prepared a map of Yosemite Park for use by Army troops. The toponym honors Captain Abram Epperson Wood, 4th Cavalry US Army, the first acting military superintendent of Yosemite National Park from 1891 to 1893, shortly before he died in 1894. The US Army had jurisdiction over Yosemite National Park from 1891 to 1914, and each summer 150 cavalrymen traveled from the Presidio of San Francisco to patrol the park. This landform's toponym has been officially adopted by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.
Climate
According to the Köppen climate classification system, Mount Wood is located in an alpine climate zone. Most weather fronts originate in the Pacific Ocean, and travel east toward the Sierra Nevada mountains. As fronts approach, they are forced upward by the peaks (orographic lift), causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall onto the range. Precipitation runoff from this mountain drains into Parker and Alger Creeks, both of which are tributaries of Rush Creek.
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References
- ^ R.J. Secor (1992), The High Sierra: Peaks, Passes, Trails, Mountaineers Books, ISBN 9780898863130, p. 302
- ^ "Mount Wood, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
- ^ "Wood, Mount - 12,657' CA". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
- ^ "Mount Wood". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
- ^ Peter Browning (1988), Yosemite Place Names: The Historic Background of Geographic Names in Yosemite National Park, Great West Books, ISBN 9780944220009, p. 170
- ^ Edward S. Robbins and Alfred W. Baxter, Jr., A Climber’s Guide to the High Sierra (1954)
- ^ Francis P. Farquhar, Place Names of the High Sierra (1926)
- ^ "Climate of the Sierra Nevada". Encyclopædia Britannica.