McKinleyville, California
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the North Coastal census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95519. It stands on Widow White Creek. The Survey maps it on the Arcata North quadrangle. 16,262 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 141 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1922 to 1987The 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.


Population over time
2 figuresMcKinleyville grew from 15,177 to 16,262 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 15,177 | |
| 2020 | 16,262 | +1,085 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1922 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:62500
- 1933 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Arcata North quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Arcata North quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
259 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 259 fires within 5 miles of McKinleyville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 178 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 | 149 |
| Debris and open burning | 39 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
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 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | BROWNFIELD |
| 8 September 2015 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | not named |
| 7 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | BEACH |
| 7 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | CLAM |
| 6 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 4 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | CRISTI |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of McKinleyville: 8 producers, 3 occurrences, 2 prospects. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Gold, Platinum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little River | Gold, Platinum | Occurrence | ||
| Hanes Creek | Manganese | Producer | ||
| Janes Creek | Manganese | Producer | ||
| Janes Creek | Manganese | Prospect | 1918 | |
| Arcata Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Essex Gravel Bar | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Graham Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Graham Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Korblex Bar | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mercer Fraser Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calville | 0.7 miles | 21 | |
| Fisher | 1.0 miles | 21 | |
| Tyee City | 2.2 miles | 19 | |
| Korblex | 3.3 miles | 21 | |
| Clam Beach | 3.4 miles | 21 | |
| Fieldbrook | 3.7 miles | 21 | |
| Alliance | 4.1 miles | 21 | |
| Essex | 4.5 miles | 21 |
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 McKinleyville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1915277 | 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 1659090. 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.










