Elk River, California

For the community in Mendocino County formerly with this name, see Elk, Mendocino County, California.

Coordinates: 40°44′10″N 124°10′27″W / 40.73611°N 124.17417°W / 40.73611; -124.17417

Elk River
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 40°44′10″N 124°10′27″W / 40.73611°N 124.17417°W / 40.73611; -124.17417
Country	United States
State	California
County	Humboldt County
Elevation^[1]	69 ft (21 m)

Elk River is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California.^[1] It is located 2.25 miles (3.6 km) east-northeast of Fields Landing,^[2] at an elevation of 69 feet (21 m).^[1] All the residents of this neighborhood have Eureka, California addresses.

There are two wooden covered bridges in the Elk River area. The community is named for the river draining the portion of Humboldt Bay watershed between Salmon Creek to the south and Freshwater Creek to the north. Elk River originates at 1,500-foot (460 m) elevation in the California Coast Ranges 20 miles (32 km) east of Humboldt Bay, and flows south and west of its namesake community before discharging to Humboldt Bay near Eureka's southern city boundary.^[3]

References

1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Elk River, California
↑ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 56. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
↑ California Atlas & Gazetteer (First ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. pp. 30&38. ISBN 0-89933-383-4.

Municipalities and communities of Humboldt County, California, United States

County seat: Eureka

Cities	Arcata Blue Lake Eureka Ferndale Fortuna Rio Dell Trinidad

CDPs	Alderpoint Bayview Benbow Big Lagoon Cutten Fieldbrook Fields Landing Garberville Humboldt Hill Hydesville Indianola Loleta McKinleyville Manila Miranda Myers Flat Myrtletown Orick Phillipsville Pine Hills Redcrest Redway Samoa Scotia Shelter Cove Weott Westhaven-Moonstone Willow Creek

Unincorporated communities	Alton Bayside Blocksburg Briceland Bridgeville Carlotta Cooks Valley Dinsmore Elk River Englewood Fairhaven Fernbridge Fort Seward Freshwater Freshwater Corners Fruitland Glendale Holmes Honeydew Hoopa Johnsons King Salmon Kneeland Korbel Maple Creek Moonstone Orleans Patricks Point Pepperwood Petrolia Pine Hill Port Kenyon Ridgewood Heights Riverside Park Rohnerville Rosewood Shively Stafford Sunny Brae Weitchpec Westhaven Whitethorn

Indian reservations	Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria Big Lagoon Rancheria Blue Lake Rancheria Hupa Wiyot Tribe Yurok Indian Reservation

Ghost towns	Acorn Albeeville Apyu Aranimokw Arekw Atsepar Bald Hills Blaine Bracut Brainard Brock Creek Bryan Bryant Bucksport Calville Camp 4 Flat Camp 19 Camp Grant Centerville Chinits Cleveland Crannell Daby's Ferry Dark Canyon Dinty Dyer Place Dyerville Eddyville Elinor Elk Grove Elk Prairie Erner Ertlerger Eshpeu Frank Fruitland Fort Baker Gans Hadley Hartsook Honsading Humboldt City Iaqua Kokaman Kworatem Lippitt Lockharts Lone Star Loolego Luffenholtz Mandala Martins Ferry McDuff Meridian Metropolitan Mountain View Mower Myrtle Grove Northern Redwood Camp Oketo Opegoi Ore'q Panamenik Pardee's Ranch Pasara Pekwan Pekwuteu Robinson's Ferry Scribner Shanamkarak Showers Pass Shregegon Shumig Skelly Smith Tanoak Three Cabins Tsofkara Tsurau West Humboldt Wilder

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