Carlotta, California
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Fortuna census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95528. It stands on Wilson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hydesville quadrangle. It stands 131 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1944 to 1987The 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.


On record in Carlotta
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
- Carlotta Hotellisted 1978
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1944 USGS Fortuna quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Fortuna quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Hydesville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
129 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 129 fires within 5 miles of Carlotta between 1992 and 2020, burning about 223 acres in total. 4 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/undetermined | 46 |
| Debris and open burning | 32 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | FOX |
| 6 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | YARD |
| 5 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | LOOP |
| 30 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | CARLOTTA |
| 28 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | CEMETARY |
| 28 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | LIGHTNING 3-2 |
| 28 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | LIGHTNING |
| 22 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | HYDESVILLE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Carlotta: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Limestone | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Unnamed Limestone | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Van Duzen River Bar | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carlotta in 5 storm reports between 2019 and 2025: 5 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2025 | Flood | Carlotta | - | Flooding 1 mile east southeast of Carlotta, closing Highway 36.|Lat. 40.52N, Long. -124.03W. |
| December 2025 | Flood | Carlotta | - | Flooding reported throughout Carlotta. Flooding closed Highway 36 near the Carlotta fire station. |
| January 2024 | Flood | Carlotta | - | Highway 36 closed due to flooding from nearby creeks. |
| February 2024 | Flood | Carlotta | - | Highway 36 closed due to flooding near Carlotta. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Carlotta | - | East and westbound Highway 36 full closure near Carlotta. Flooding likely due to water overflowing Cummings Creek. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hydesville | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Stone | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Rio Dell | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Belleview | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Alton | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Rohnerville | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Riverside Park | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Metropolitan | 4.7 miles | 15 |
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 Carlotta | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2796788 | The 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 220601. 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.






