Myers Flat, California
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Garberville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95553. It stands on Kerr Creek. The Survey maps it on the Myers Flat quadrangle. 90 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 203 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1921 to 1979The same ground, surveyed 58 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 figuresMyers Flat fell from 146 to 90 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 | 146 | |
| 2020 | 90 | -56 (-38%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1921 USGS Dyerville quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Weott quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Weott quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Redding quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1969 USGS Myers Flat quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Garberville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
213 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 213 fires within 5 miles of Myers Flat between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,272 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 9 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 | 75 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 64 |
| Debris and open burning | 32 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | JIM |
| 7 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | SALMON |
| 6 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | LOG |
| 4 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | FISH |
| 30 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | SALMON |
| 3 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | MYERS |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | 11,036 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | CANOE |
| 29 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | MIRANDA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Myers Flat: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tosten Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2026Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Myers Flat in 1 storm report in 2026: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Myers Flat | - | Trees down blocking Highway 254 in the Myers Flat area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fruitland | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Miranda | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Burlington | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| McCann | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Whitlow | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Phillipsville | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Tanoak (historical) | 6.3 miles | 11 | |
| Smith (historical) | 6.4 miles | 11 |
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 Myers Flat | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6647076 | 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 229396. 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.





