About Alturas

Alturas (Spanish for "Heights"; Achumawi: Kasalektawi) is the county seat of Modoc County, California. The population of Alturas was 2,715 at the 2020 census. Alturas is located at the confluence of the south and north forks of the Pit River, east of the center of Modoc County, at an elevation of 4,370 feet (1,330 m). As the county seat, the town is a home to regional government offices, including a California Highway Patrol office and a state Department of Motor Vehicles office. == History == Alturas occupies what was initially an Achumawi (Pit River) village known as Kosealekte or Kasalektawi.