Yontocket, California

41°54′27″N 124°11′56″W / 41.90750°N 124.19889°W / 41.90750; -124.19889

Yontocket
yan’-daa-k’vt [1]
Burnt Ranch
Yontocket is located in California
Yontocket
Yontocket
Location in California
Yontocket is located in the United States
Yontocket
Yontocket
Yontocket (the United States)
Coordinates: 41°54′27″N 124°11′56″W / 41.90750°N 124.19889°W / 41.90750; -124.19889
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyDel Norte County
Elevation30 ft (9 m)

Yontocket (Tolowa: Yan’-daa-k’vt) is an unincorporated community in Del Norte County, California located 3 miles (4.8 km) west-southwest of Smith River,[3] at an elevation of 26 feet (8 m) alongside Yontocket Slough.[4]

  1. ^ "Siletz Talking Dictionary". Retrieved June 4, 2012.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Yontocket, California
  3. ^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 171. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
  4. ^ Michael Love and Associates, PDF:Yontocket Slough Fish Passage and Habitat Enhancement Planning Project, May 2006, California Department of Fish and Game (Contract PO310326), Smith River Alliance, Five Counties Salmonid Conservation Program and the California Coastal Conservancy, 168 pages.