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Arcata (/ ɑːr ˈ k eɪ. t ə /; [7] Wiyot: Goudi’ni; [8] Yurok: Oket'oh) [9] is a city adjacent to the Arcata Bay (northern) portion of Humboldt Bay in Humboldt County, California, United States. At the 2020 census, Arcata's population was 18,857. Arcata was first founded in 1850 as Union, was
Sewage from the city of Arcata is treated and released to Humboldt Bay via complex flow routing through a number of contiguous ponds, wetlands, and marshes. Resemblance of treatment features to natural bay environments may cause potential ambiguity about where wastewater ceases to be considered partially treated sewage and meets enhancement objectives of the California Bays and Estuaries ...
HTA also offers service between McKinleyville or Arcata and Willow Creek and an express bus between Arcata and College of the Redwoods when classes are in session. Eureka Transit Service, operated in the City of Eureka, provides local service on four scheduled routes (one hour headway) in Eureka and its adjacent unincorporated communities ...
The Arcata Community Forest is part of the parks and recreation system of the City of Arcata, California, United States. It was originally created in 1955 from six forest tracts: Gannon Tract, Burns Tract, Preston Tract I, Preston Tract II, Reclamation Water Co. Tract, and Brizard Tract. [1] The main forest area covers 793 acres (3.21 km 2).
The Jacoby Building was built of brick and stone, and thus survived the 1875 fire that swept through the adjacent Arcata Plaza area. Jacoby sold the building to Alexander Brizard in 1880. A number of general stores operated out of the building, continuing to supply goods to mining camps in the Klamath and Trinity Mountains. Second and third ...
McKinleyville is located 5.25 miles (8.4 km) north of Arcata, [4] at an elevation of 141 feet (43 m). [3] The population was 15,177 at the 2010 census, up from 13,599 at the time of the 2000 census. This unincorporated community is the third largest community, after Eureka and Arcata, on the far North Coast.
Because of this relationship, Arcata has relatively reliable transit service for a city its size. In 1974, the City Council of Arcata chose to use its allotment of SB 325 money for a public mass transit system. In April 1975, the new bus service within Arcata city limits was inaugurated and named the Arcata & Mad River Transit System.
The Arcata Community Recycling Center (ACRC), founded in 1971 as part of the Northcoast Environmental Center, is one of America's oldest non-profit recycling facilities. [ citation needed ] The center promotes environmental awareness in the North Coast and facilitates diversion of materials from landfills in Arcata and Eureka , California .