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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.

McKinleyville within Humboldt County

Then and now

1922 to 1987

The 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.

Topographic sheet of McKinleyville, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of McKinleyville, surveyed 1922

Population over time

2 figures

McKinleyville 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.

YearPeople Change
201015,177
202016,262+1,085 (+7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

259 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined149
Debris and open burning39
Equipment and vehicle use24
Recreation and ceremony14
Smoking10
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Arson/incendiarism7

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 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitBROWNFIELD
8 September 2015Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte Unitnot named
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionBEACH
7 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitCLAM
6 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitCRISTI

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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Little RiverGold, PlatinumOccurrence
Hanes CreekManganeseProducer
Janes CreekManganeseProducer
Janes CreekManganeseProspect1918
Arcata PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Essex Gravel BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Graham Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Graham Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Korblex BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mercer Fraser Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSedimentary

Every working 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
Calville0.7 miles21
Fisher1.0 miles21
Tyee City2.2 miles19
Korblex3.3 miles21
Clam Beach3.4 miles21
Fieldbrook3.7 miles21
Alliance4.1 miles21
Essex4.5 miles21

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 McKinleyvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1915277The 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.