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Arlynda Corners, California

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Ferndale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95536. It stands on Francis Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ferndale quadrangle.

Arlynda Corners within Humboldt County

Then and now

1916 to 1987

The same ground, surveyed 71 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Arlynda Corners, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Arlynda Corners, surveyed 1916

On record in Arlynda Corners

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

89 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Arlynda Corners between 1992 and 2020, burning about 43 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Equipment and vehicle use27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Debris and open burning20
Recreation and ceremony4
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 1994Debris and open burning5.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitBLUFF
8 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitLOLETA
27 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitFERNBRIDGE
27 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitCHRIS
27 September 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitMORGAN
26 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitCARROLL RD LOLETA
26 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitBEAR
22 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.3 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitCANNIBAL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Arlynda Corners: 6 producers, 2 occurrences, 2 prospects. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Volcanic Materials, Pumice. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownVolcanic MaterialsOccurrence
Unnamed LocationPumiceOccurrence
Ell River Crushing PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fernbridge Gravel BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fortuna BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fortuna Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mencer Fraser CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Singley Bar PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed LocationSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspectSedimentary
Worswick Gravel BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Humboldt County

Storms near this place

8 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arlynda Corners in 8 storm reports between 2019 and 2025: 7 flood, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 1 death. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2019FloodArlynda Corners1 killedThirty-five year old man drowned attempting to reach his home while crossing floodwaters from the Eel River. Water was reported to be 4 to 5 feet deep and fast moving.
December 2025FloodArlynda Corners-Highway 211 flooded between Fernbridge and Ferndale resulting in closure of the highway. Other side roads also flooded across the Eel River Delta.
January 2024FloodArlynda Corners-Highway 211 fully closed by flooding from nearby creeks.
December 2024Heavy RainArlynda Corners-Heavy rains lead to flooding about 2 miles northeast of Ferndale, CA. This lead to the closing of Coffee Creek Road in its entirety. Lat. 40.60N, Long. -124.23W.
February 2019FloodArlynda Corners-Highway 211 near Market Street is flooding due to overflowing small creek.
February 2019FloodArlynda Corners-Roadway flooding at the intersection of Highway 211 and Market Street.
February 2019FloodArlynda Corners-Roadway flooding on Highway 211 at Salt River Bridge.
February 2019FloodArlynda Corners-Flooding on Goble Road, Highway 211, and Fulmor Road near Ferndale.

Every storm recorded in Humboldt County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Port Kenyon1.3 miles17
Ferndale1.4 miles17
Fernbridge3.2 miles15
Waddington3.4 miles15
Worswick3.6 miles15
Table Bluff4.8 miles16
Grizzly Bluff (historical)5.0 miles15
Centerville (historical)5.1 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 218372. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.