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Myrtletown, California

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Eureka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95501. It stands on Ryan Slough. The Survey maps it on the Eureka quadrangle. 4,882 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 112 feet above sea level.

Myrtletown 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 Myrtletown, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Myrtletown, surveyed 1922

Population over time

2 figures

Myrtletown grew from 4,675 to 4,882 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
20104,675
20204,882+207 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

120 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Myrtletown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 370 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined47
Debris and open burning28
Arson/incendiarism14
Equipment and vehicle use14
Recreation and ceremony9
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking2
Natural2

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
8 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minor205 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitGILL
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitELK
7 September 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionWATER
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitCUTTEN
5 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitBEECHWOOD
4 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitMCKAY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Myrtletown: 4 occurrences, 4 prospects, 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, 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
Fred Carlson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Haw QuarryStoneOccurrence
Haw QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Rocky Gulch QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownStoneOccurrence
Freshwater SloughClayOccurrence
Freshwater SloughClayProspect
LoofbourrowClayOccurrence
Thompson Brick CoClayPast Producer
Unnamed LocationClayProspectSedimentary

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
Cutten1.5 miles19
Brainard1.9 miles21
Eureka2.0 miles19
Rosewood2.4 miles19
Freshwater Corners2.4 miles21
Pine Hill2.9 miles19
Eddyville (historical)2.9 miles21
Indianola3.0 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 MyrtletownAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1959045The 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 1867044. 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.