Garberville

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Garberville

Total population

1,415

Median home value

$387,300

21.7%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$39,542

Garberville$40k

National$74k

Elevation163 m

Land area7.09 km²

Weather93°F · Mostly Sunny

Coordinates40.10°, -123.79°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Garberville is a census-designated place in Humboldt County, California, United States. It is located on the South Fork of the Eel River 52 miles (84 km) south-southeast of Eureka, at an elevation of 535 feet (163 m). The population was 818 at the 2020 United States census. It is approximately 200 miles (320 km) north of San Francisco, California, and within a fifteen-minute drive to Humboldt Redwoods State Park and a sixty-minute drive to Eureka, the county seat. Garberville is the primary town in the area known as the Mateel Region, consisting of parts of the Mattole and Eel River watersheds in southern Humboldt and northern Mendocino counties.

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Garberville, CA from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Nearby places in California

• Benbow
  3.2 mi away
• Miranda
  9 mi away
• Leggett
  16.8 mi away
• Mad River
  27.9 mi away
• Hydesville
  35.1 mi away · pop. 1,263
• Hyampom
  40.2 mi away
• Cleone
  42.2 mi away · pop. 613
• Humboldt Hill
  47.9 mi away
• Hayfork
  48.2 mi away · pop. 2,537
• Fields Landing
  48.5 mi away · pop. 532
• Bayview
  50.2 mi away
• Caspar
  50.9 mi away · pop. 279

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Garberville

Analytical results and sample locality map of stream-sediment and panned-concentrate samples from the Garberville 1:100,000 quadrangle, (southwest quarter of the Redding, California 1:250,000 quadrangle) Humboldt, Trinity, Shasta, Tehama, and Mendocino counties, California

1991

Sudoku Genius Mind Exercises Volume 1

State of Mind Collection · 2019

Elegant small hotels

Pamela Lanier · 2009

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire MP18, Humboldt, California
  Wildfires · 2026-08-07 · 72 mi
• Wildfire LUCAS, Lake, California
  Wildfires · 2026-09-10 · 73 mi
• Wildfire LUCAS, Lake, California
  Wildfires · 2026-09-10 · 73 mi
• Wildfire FELIZ, Mendocino, California
  Wildfires · 2026-08-01 · 84 mi
• Wildfire Fielder Mtn, Jackson, Oregon
  Wildfires · 2026-08-13 · 163 mi
• Wildfire Wrights Spring, Klamath, Oregon
  Wildfires · 2026-08-05 · 196 mi
• Wildfire Bug, Lassen, California
  Wildfires · 2026-08-08 · 201 mi
• Wildfire FLORISTON, Nevada, California
  Wildfires · 2026-09-16 · 206 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Recently spotted species

Varied Thrush

Ixoreus naevius

Seen 2026-09-30

Dark-eyed Junco

Junco hyemalis

Seen 2026-09-29

Pacific Wren

Troglodytes pacificus

Seen 2026-09-29

Western Hardwood Sulphur Shelf

Laetiporus gilbertsonii

Seen 2026-09-29

California Towhee

Melozone crissalis

Seen 2026-09-28

California Scrub-Jay

Aphelocoma californica

Seen 2026-09-28

Pacific poison oak

Toxicodendron diversilobum

Seen 2026-09-26

Gray Buckeye

Junonia grisea

Seen 2026-09-25

Pacific chorus frog

Pseudacris regilla

Seen 2026-09-23

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Nearest stream gauge

Live readings from USGS NWIS · measured 2026-10-01 16:30 UTC.