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Red Earth Creek
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Businesses along Highway 88
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 Red Earth Creek
Location in M.D. of Opportunity
Red Earth Creek
Location in Alberta
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| Country | Canada |
| Province | Alberta |
| Municipal district | Opportunity No. 17 |
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| • Type | Unincorporated |
| Area
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| • Land | 29.6 km2 (11.4 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 520 m (1,710 ft) |
| Population
(2021)
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| • Total | 315 |
| • Density | 10.6/km2 (27/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
Red Earth Creek is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District of Opportunity No. 17. It is located east of Highway 88, between the Town of Slave Lake and the Hamlet of Fort Vermilion, and has an elevation of 520 metres (1,710 ft).
This hamlet is in Census Division No. 17 and in the federal riding of Fort McMurray-Athabasca. It is also the administrative centre of the Loon River First Nation reserve.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics 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 of 10.6/km2 (27/sq mi) in 2021.
As a designated place in the 2016 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 of 7.6/km2 (20/sq mi) in 2016.
Climate
| 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) |
33.0 (91.4) |
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) |
| Average precipitation 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 | |||||||||||||
