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Beatrice, California

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Eureka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95551. It stands on Little Salmon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fields Landing quadrangle.

Beatrice within Humboldt County

Then and now

1944 to 1987

The same ground, surveyed 43 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Beatrice, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Beatrice, surveyed 1944

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

152 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 152 fires within 5 miles of Beatrice between 1992 and 2020, burning about 169 acres in total. 5 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined61
Equipment and vehicle use35
Debris and open burning26
Recreation and ceremony14
Natural5
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2013Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitMARSH
9 September 1994Debris and open burning5.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitBLUFF
8 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitLOLETA
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictETTER RANCH
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

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 Beatrice: 5 producers, 4 prospects, 1 occurrence. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Table BluffClayOccurrence
Unnamed LocationClayProspectSedimentary
Weatherby PeachClayProspect
Ell River Crushing PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fernbridge Gravel 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

17 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beatrice in 17 storm reports between 2019 and 2026: 17 flood. 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 2025FloodBeatrice$1,100Flooding at offramp of hwy 101 where Hookton road and Eel river road, 3 miles north northeast of Loleta, CA. Lat. 40.67N, Long. -124.20W.
January 2026FloodBeatrice-Southbound Hookton Road offramp and road closed due to flooding from the Hookton Slough.
February 2025FloodBeatrice-Flooding on Hookton Road, 3 miles north northeast of Loleta, CA.|Lat. 40.67N, Long. -124.20W.
February 2025FloodBeatrice-Flooding at Elk River Road and Wrigley Road intersection, 2 miles south of Pine Hills, CA.|Lat. 40.70N, Long. -124.15W.
January 2025FloodBeatrice-Flooding of the Hookton Slough offramps from Highway 101 and the adjacent roadways.
December 2025FloodBeatrice-Hookton Road exit off of Highway 101 is closed due to flooding on Hookton Road and Eel River Drive.
December 2025FloodBeatrice-A National Weather Service employee examined flooding of the Elk River along Elk River Road and adjacent roads. Flooding was occurring on Elk River Road causing the road to be closed. Berta Road and other roads were also flooded along the creek. The start and end time of the flooding is uncertain.
December 2025FloodBeatrice-The Hookton Slough offramp from Highway 101 was closed early in the morning. Flooding continued to worsen and began to flood Highway 101 resulting in a full closure later in the morning. The highway reopened later during the day but flooding around the adjacent fields and the offramp and side roads remained into the next day.
January 2024FloodBeatrice-Offramp of Highway 101 and adjacent streets closed due to flooding at Hookton Slough.
February 2024FloodBeatrice-Hookton Slough offramp of Highway 101 closed due to flooding. Up to 2 feet of water reported on the roadway.
December 2024FloodBeatrice-Hookton Rd. closed due to flooding. The on and offramps to Highway 101 were also flooded and closed at the intersection with Hookton Rd.
December 2024FloodBeatrice-On and offramp to Highway 101 at Hookton Road closed due to flooding of the creek running into the slough.
March 2023FloodBeatrice-Salmon Creek flooded across Hookton Road causing a full closure of Hwy 101 southbound off ramp. The area directly affected is 3 miles NNE of Loleta (40.67N, 124.20W).
December 2022FloodBeatrice-Eel River Drive and Hookton Road were closed due to flooding emanating from Hookton Slough.
December 2022FloodBeatrice-Southbound HWY 101 off-ramp was fully closed due to flooding.
January 2019FloodBeatrice-Southbound Highway 101 off ramp connecting to Hookton Road over-crossing was closed due to flooding.
February 2019FloodBeatrice-Roadway flooding at the Hookton Road on-ramp to Highway 101 northbound.

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
Hookton0.9 miles16
Table Bluff1.1 miles16
Table Bluff Rancheria2.5 miles16
Southport Landing3.0 miles16
Fernbridge3.7 miles15
Fields Landing3.8 miles16
Humboldt Hill3.9 miles16
Worswick4.0 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1655820. 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.