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Bayside, California

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Arcata census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95524. It stands on Bayside Bottoms. The Survey maps it on the Arcata South quadrangle. It stands 33 feet above sea level.

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Bayside within Humboldt County

Then and now

1922 to 1987

The same ground, surveyed 65 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bayside, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Bayside, surveyed 1922

On record in Bayside

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

233 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 233 fires within 5 miles of Bayside between 1992 and 2020, burning about 383 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 14 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined107
Debris and open burning48
Equipment and vehicle use29
Arson/incendiarism14
Recreation and ceremony12
Smoking7
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Natural3
Other causes1

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
6 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitUNION ST / SAMOA BLVD
6 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte Unitnot named
6 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitFUSI
4 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.6 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitHATCHERY 3
4 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitHATCHERY 00
4 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Bayside: 17 producers, 5 past producers, 5 prospects, 5 occurrences. 17 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Manganese, Clay. 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
Jacoby Creek DepositLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Haw QuarryStoneOccurrence
Jacoby Creek DepositLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Jacoby Creek DepositLimestone, GeneralProspectSedimentary
QuarryStonePast Producer
Thompson Brick CoClayPast Producer
Unnamed LocationClayProspect
W A Preston ProspectIronProspect
W. A. Preston PropertyIronOccurrence
Hanes CreekManganeseProducer

Every working recorded in Humboldt County

Storms near this place

16 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bayside in 16 storm reports between 2019 and 2025: 14 flood, 1 funnel cloud, 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 2025FloodBayside-Flooding at Old Arcata road and Graham road, 2 miles south southeast of Arcata, CA.|Lat. 40.84N, Long. -124.07W.
February 2025FloodBayside-Flooding on Old Arcata rd between Graham rd and Jacoby Creek rd, 2 miles south southeast of Arcata, CA. Lat. 40.84N, Long. -124.07W.
January 2025FloodBayside-Flooding of Old Arcata Road from heavy rain reported 2 miles south southeast of Arcata, CA., between Graham and Jacoby Creek road.
December 2025FloodBayside-A National Weather Service employee confirmed flooding of Old Arcata Road and Graham Road caused by Jacoby Creek overflowing its banks. This area remained flooded through the day. The start and end times of the flooding are uncertain.
December 2025FloodBayside-Jacoby Creek exceeded its banks and flooded Old Arcata Road, Graham Road, Eric Lane, and other locations around the creek.
January 2024FloodBayside-Jacoby Creek flooded Old Arcata Road and other secondary roads.
December 2024FloodBayside-Old Arcata Road flooded at Jacoby Creek.
January 2023FloodBayside-Flooding on Old Arcata Road between Graham Road and Jacoby Creek Road.
December 2022FloodBayside-Flooded roadway at Old Arcata Road and Graham Road.
December 2022FloodBayside-Jacoby Creek flooding Old Arcata Road with nearly a foot of water on the roadway.
January 2019FloodBayside-Old Arcata Road at Graham Road was flooded.
February 2019FloodBayside-Roadway flooding on Elk River Road.
February 2019FloodBayside-Roadway flooding at the intersection of Old Arcata Road and Graham Road.
February 2019FloodBayside-Flooding on Old Arcata Road and Jacoby Creek Road.
September 2019Funnel CloudBayside-Funnel cloud observed over Humboldt Bay.
September 2019Heavy RainBayside-Estimated 2.1 inches of rain fell in an hour. Gutters and road overflowing due to rainwater.

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
Sunny Brae1.1 miles21
Bracut1.5 miles21
Fickle Hill1.8 miles21
Arcata2.0 miles21
Indianola2.3 miles21
Brainard3.2 miles21
The Springs3.3 miles21
Alliance3.4 miles21

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on BaysideAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q812624The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1658009. 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.