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Fernbridge, California

15 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 95540. It stands on Finch Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fortuna quadrangle. It stands 39 feet above sea level.

Fernbridge 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 Fernbridge, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Fernbridge, surveyed 1944

On record in Fernbridge

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 15 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

123 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Fernbridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 158 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined45
Equipment and vehicle use31
Debris and open burning25
Arson/incendiarism11
Smoking4
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2
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 1994Debris and open burning5.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitBLUFF
8 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitLOLETA
5 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitPALMER
5 September 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitLOOP
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 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Fernbridge: 8 producers, 3 prospects, 2 occurrences. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Volcanic Materials. 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
Table BluffClayOccurrence
Unnamed LocationClayProspectSedimentary
Ell River Crushing PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fernbridge Gravel BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fortuna BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fortuna Ready Mix PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fortuna Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hansen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mencer Fraser CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect

Every working recorded in Humboldt County

Storms near this place

4 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fernbridge in 4 storm reports between 2017 and 2024: 1 heavy rain, 1 flood, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
January 2017Heavy RainFernbridge$3,000,000Scouring and damage to the supports of the Fernbridge bridge over the Eel River on Highway 211.
March 2024Thunderstorm WindFernbridge$1,000A thunderstorm oriented Wind Gusts caused Damage to a powerline approximately 1 mile east northeast of Fernbridge, CA. LAT. 40.62N, LONG. -124.18W.
March 2020HailFernbridge$750Hail on roadway leading to a three car accident.
February 2019FloodFernbridge-State Road 211 fully closed at Fernbridge due to flooding.

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
Worswick0.6 miles15
Fortuna2.6 miles15
Table Bluff3.0 miles16
Arlynda Corners3.2 miles17
Waddington3.4 miles15
Beatrice3.7 miles16
Grizzly Bluff (historical)4.0 miles15
Hookton4.0 miles16

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 FernbridgeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5445037The 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 1656011. 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.