Fieldbrook California Map

About Fieldbrook, California

Fieldbrook is a locality in Humboldt County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 827. The population density is 30.5 people per km². Fieldbrook is located at 40.9730°N, 124.0286°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 95519.

Fieldbrook reveals its character through the persistent, rhythmic presence of Lindsay Creek as it carves a path through the verdant, mist-heavy landscape. It lies 3.6 miles east-northeast of McKinleyville, CA (from McKinleyville, CA: bearing 69°T), and is situated 7.3 miles north-northeast of Arcata. The air here holds the damp, salt-laced weight of the Pacific, drifting inland from the distant expanse of Honda Cove to cool the dense, towering canopy of the nearby Six Rivers National Forest. To the east, the rugged silhouette of the Klamath Mountains anchors the horizon, while closer to home, the terrain drops into the quiet, shadowed folds of Water Gulch. Gray, morning fog often clings to the timbered slopes, softening the edges of the meadows and lending the light a diffused, pearlescent quality that seems to suspend the afternoon in a perpetual, quiet stillness.

Fieldbrook emerged from the hard-edged labor of nineteenth-century logging, an industry that once defined the rhythm of the valley and left behind a legacy of sturdy, utilitarian architecture. Today, the economy has shifted toward a more modest, land-based existence, with small-scale agriculture and the quiet cultivation of the soil replacing the industrial clamor of the sawmills. Residents find their recreation in the proximity of the wild, perhaps hiking toward the coast to reach the Tsurai Trail or observing the distant, jagged silhouette of Little River Rock rising from the surf. Life in Fieldbrook moves with a deliberate, unadorned pace, governed by the seasonal transition from the lush, rain-fed spring to the tinder-dry golden hues of late summer, when the forest edge feels both protective and vast.

About This Fieldbrook Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Fieldbrook, California. Coordinates: 40.972958, -124.028586. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Fieldbrook includes the ZIP code (95519), telephone area code (530), county seat of Humboldt County (Eureka), and school district assignment (Northern Humboldt Union High School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.