Kanarraville

History

Kanarra, later renamed Kanarraville, on Kanarra Creek, was first settled in 1861 and 1862. It was named for Piute Chief Canarrah or Quanarrah, but settlers spelled it Kanarrah or Kanarra. Its settlers were families driven from Fort Harmony when the fort had to be abandoned after most of its adobe walls were washed away during a month of heavy rains in January and February, during the Great Flood of 1862. New Harmony in Washington County was the other settlement created by refugees from this disaster.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land. Kanarraville is located adjacent to the southwest end of Cedar Valley; it is also at the base of the Hurricane Cliffs, on the town's east border. This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Kanarraville has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Common Raven

  Corvus corax Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,362
• House Finch

  Haemorhous mexicanus (P.L.Statius Müller, 1776) · Aves
  1,743
• Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay

  Aphelocoma woodhouseii (S.F.Baird, 1858) · Aves
  1,586
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  1,304
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,270
• Eurasian Collared-Dove

  Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838) · Aves
  1,140
• Spotted Towhee

  Pipilo maculatus Swainson, 1827 · Aves
  964
• Northern Flicker

  Colaptes auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  956