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Fountain Valley

British Columbiahamlet

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Coordinates50.73°, -121.86°

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City facts

Overview

Set in British Columbia, Canada, Fountain Valley is recorded in open geodata as a hamlet. Located at 50.735°, -121.862°, Fountain Valley occupies a cool-temperate portion of the northern hemisphere. Up-to-date population figures for this locality are not available in the open datasets we monitor. Its latitude implies a climate characterised by long cool seasons and short, mild summers. Solar-resource estimates put the area at about 1,291 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year with sunshine for roughly 51% of daylight hours. The sections below expand on demographics, weather, terrain, hazards and nearby points of interest using publicly available datasets.

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
50.7346
Longitude
-121.8624
Water area
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View on OpenStreetMap

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
33,175
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Spotted Towhee
    Pipilo maculatus Swainson, 1827 · Aves
    1,484
  • American Robin
    Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
    1,092
  • Northern Flicker
    Colaptes auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    942
  • Pine Siskin
    Spinus pinus (A.Wilson, 1810) · Aves
    925
  • American Crow
    Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
    796
  • Common Raven
    Corvus corax Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    782
  • Yellow-rumped Warbler
    Setophaga coronata (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    724
  • Red-breasted Nuthatch
    Sitta canadensis Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
    697

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
1
Largest magnitude
3.4
Largest event
2015-12-16

Most recent

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Photos

Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in British Columbia

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
3.54
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,291

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Nearby airports

Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
17
Avg daily Wikipedia views
1
Attention level
Obscure

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Fountain Valley

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Ground air-quality sensors

Recently spotted species

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Events

Sources

  • • Wikidata
  • • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • • iNaturalist
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • • Wikipedia Pageviews API
  • • Open Library
  • • NASA EONET