Fieldbrook, California
| Fieldbrook | |
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| census-designated place | |
 Fieldbrook
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| Coordinates: 40°57′56″N 124°02′08″W / 40.96556°N 124.03556°WCoordinates: 40°57′56″N 124°02′08″W / 40.96556°N 124.03556°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 California
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| County | Humboldt County |
| Area | |
| • Total | 10.472 sq mi (27.121 km2) |
| • Land | 10.468 sq mi (27.111 km2) |
| • Water | 0.004 sq mi (0.010 km2) 0.04% |
| Elevation | 203 ft (62 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 859 |
| • Density | 82/sq mi (32/km2) |
| Time zone | Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| ZIP Code | 95519 |
| Area code(s) | 707 |
| GNIS feature ID | 223487; 2611430 |
| U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fieldbrook, California; U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fieldbrook, California | |
Fieldbrook (formerly, Bokman's Prairie and Buckman's Prairie) is a census-designated place in Humboldt County, California. It is located 7 miles (11 km) north-northeast of Arcata, at an elevation of 203 feet (62 m). The population was 859 at the 2010 census.
Fieldbrook is located on California's North Coast, approximately 300 miles (480 km) north of San Francisco and 65 miles (105 km) south of the Oregon state line. Located on the edge of the dense redwood forest, the area was once home to thriving lumber companies. Fieldbrook is 6 miles (10 km) east of the larger, unincorporated seaside town of McKinleyville and the Arcata-Eureka Airport, approximately 10 miles (16 km) northeast of the harbor city of Arcata, and about 18.2 miles (29.3 km) north of the city of Eureka, the Humboldt County seat. Fieldbrook is at the northern edge of the McKinleyville-Arcata-Eureka-Fortuna corridor along US Highway 101, where about eighty percent of Humboldt County's population lives and most of its businesses are located. The ZIP Code is 95519. The community is inside area code 707.
Fieldbrook is located at the right-angle bend where Murray Road becomes Fieldbrook Road. In the mid-1990s Fieldbrook was a stereotypical sleepy country hamlet, with junk cars sitting in weedy yards along the main road in one block and goats grazing alongside a church in the next. With the decline of the local timber industry, the advent of telecommuting professionals, and the sudden emergence of the North Coast as a retirement destination, Fieldbrook with its mild weather (summer temperatures seldom exceed 75F/24C and winter nights rarely drop below 38F/4C) has recently been undergoing gentrification. Sprawling ranch-style (single-story) homes on isolated 5-acre (20,000 m2) lots wedged between timber tracts are selling for $500,000, and at least one 40-acre (160,000 m2) timber tract has become a gated community.
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