Maple Creek | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | California#USA |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in California |
Pushpin Image: | California Locator Map with US.PNG |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | California |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Humboldt County |
Coordinates: | 40.7622°N -123.8692°W |
Elevation M: | 161 |
Elevation Ft: | 528 |
Maple Creek (formerly, Maplecreek) is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California. It is located 9miles south-southeast of Korbel, at an elevation of 528 feet (161 m).
A post office operated at Maple Creek from 1886 to 1923. Maple Creek once had a sawmill and a two-room school;[1] the mill closed in the 1960s but the school remains, enrolling 12-18 students at a time.[2]
This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Maple Creek has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.[3]