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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.

Carlotta 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 Carlotta, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Carlotta, surveyed 1944

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

129 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined46
Debris and open burning32
Equipment and vehicle use26
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Recreation and ceremony5
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural4
Smoking2
Fireworks1

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 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitFOX
6 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitYARD
5 September 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitLOOP
30 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitCARLOTTA
28 September 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitCEMETARY
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitLIGHTNING 3-2
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitLIGHTNING
22 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitHYDESVILLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unnamed LimestoneLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Unnamed LimestoneStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Van Duzen River BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Humboldt County

Storms near this place

5 since 2019

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2025FloodCarlotta-Flooding 1 mile east southeast of Carlotta, closing Highway 36.|Lat. 40.52N, Long. -124.03W.
December 2025FloodCarlotta-Flooding reported throughout Carlotta. Flooding closed Highway 36 near the Carlotta fire station.
January 2024FloodCarlotta-Highway 36 closed due to flooding from nearby creeks.
February 2024FloodCarlotta-Highway 36 closed due to flooding near Carlotta.
February 2019FloodCarlotta-East and westbound Highway 36 full closure near Carlotta. Flooding likely due to water overflowing Cummings Creek.

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
Hydesville2.1 miles14
Stone3.3 miles14
Rio Dell3.6 miles12
Belleview3.9 miles14
Alton4.3 miles15
Rohnerville4.5 miles15
Riverside Park4.6 miles12
Metropolitan4.7 miles15

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 CarlottaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2796788The 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.