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This is a list of Superfund sites in California designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up ...
Mendocino, California. / 39.30778°N 123.79944°W / 39.30778; -123.79944. Mendocino ( Spanish for "of Mendoza ") [ 4] is an unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California, United States. The name comes from Cape Mendocino 85 miles (137 km) to the north, named by early Spanish navigators in honor of Antonio de Mendoza, Viceroy ...
Anderson Valley, Mendocino County Anderson Valley is a sparsely populated region in western Mendocino County in Northern California.Located approximately 100 miles (160 km) north of San Francisco, the name "Anderson Valley" applies broadly to several rural, unincorporated communities in or near the alluvial terraces along Anderson Creek and other tributaries to the Navarro River.
Mendocino County, California. / 39.4692; -123.3942. Mendocino County ( / ˌmɛndəˈsiːnoʊ / ⓘ; Mendocino, Spanish for "of Mendoza ") [ 5] is a county located on the North Coast of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 91,601. [ 6] The county seat is Ukiah. [ 7] Mendocino County consists wholly of the Ukiah ...
Of the 58 counties in California, 14 are governed under a charter. They are Alameda, Butte, El Dorado, Fresno, Los Angeles, Orange, Placer, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Tehama. [ 6] Nine counties in California are named for saints, tied with Louisiana for the largest number.
California Western 45 photo special eastbound at the first crossing of the Noyo River, 2009. The California Western Railroad (reporting mark CWR), AKA Mendocino Railway, popularly called the Skunk Train, is a rail freight and heritage railroad transport railway in Mendocino County, California, United States, running from the railroad's headquarters in the coastal town of Fort Bragg to the ...
Mendocino Complex Fire. / 39.243283; -123.103367. The Mendocino Complex Fire was a large complex of wildfires that burned in northern California for more than three months in 2018. [ 9] It consisted of two wildfires, the River Fire and Ranch Fire, which burned in Mendocino, Lake, Colusa, and Glenn Counties in the U.S. State of California, with ...
Cape Mendocino. Cape Mendocino ( Spanish: Cabo Mendocino, meaning "Cape of Mendoza "), [ 1] which is located approximately 200 miles (320 km) north of San Francisco, is located on the Lost Coast entirely within Humboldt County, California, United States. At 124° 24' 34" W longitude, it is the westernmost point on the coast of California. [ 2]