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The steepness of uplift has created a coastal ridge forming a drainage divide parallel to the coast. The drainage pattern between Usal Creek and the Mattole River is a series of short streams with steep channel gradients. [4] Like the surrounding coast, the Lost Coast experiences a wet season and a dry season. The wet season ranges from October ...
State Route 211 (SR 211) is a state highway in the U.S. state of California that connects Ferndale with U.S. 101 in Humboldt County.The highway was originally designed to be the northernmost segment of State Route 1, but after construction of the Coast Highway through the Lost Coast region was abandoned, the route to Ferndale was renumbered to SR 211.
Usal Creek is the southernmost drainage basin unbridged by California State Route 1 on California's Lost Coast.The unpaved county road following the westernmost ridge line south from the King Range crosses Usal Creek near the Pacific coast, but the bridge may be removed during winter months.
This section of California's coastline is known as the Lost Coast, a landscape too rugged for highway building, which forced the construction of State Highway 1 and U.S. 101 inland. [2] The King Range Wilderness is the longest undeveloped coast, outside of Alaska, in the United States. [3]
Paradise lost along Pacific Coast Highway. Jack Dolan. January 11, 2025 at 6:00 AM. ... By Thursday, neighborhoods still smoldered for miles up and down the Pacific Coast Highway, more than 5,000 ...
The lack of major road and highway access has led to the Sinkyone Wilderness area being referred to as the Lost Coast. [1] [2]
Petrolia has an estimated population of 300–500 people within a 15-mile radius. [citation needed] It is located in the Mattole Valley, part of the Lost Coast region, one of the largest wilderness areas and the longest stretch of undeveloped coastline in the continental United States. [5]
The "0" in its route number indicates that US 20 is a major coast-to-coast route. Spanning 3,365 miles (5,415 km), it is the longest road in the United States, [ 1 ] and, in the east, the route is roughly parallel to Interstate 90 (I-90), which is the longest Interstate Highway in the U.S.