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Humboldt Lagoons State Park is a California State Park on the Redwood Coast, in Humboldt County, California, Humboldt County, California. It is located along U.S. Route 101 between Trinidad, California, Trinidad and Orick, California, Orick. The park protects three lagoons with estuary, estuaries and wetlands.
The lagoons are shallow bays between rocky headlands where coastal wave action has formed a sandy bar (landform), bar separating each lagoon from the ocean. The park was established in 1931.
The lagoons are resting areas for migratory waterfowl using the Pacific Flyway between Lake Earl (California), Lake Earl on the Smith River (California), Smith River Estuary, estuarine wetlands to the north and Humboldt Bay on the Mad River (California), Mad River estuarine wetlands to the south. Studies around Humboldt Bay indicate tectonic activity along the Cascadia subduction zone has caused local sea level changes at intervals of several centuries. The alluvial plain forming each shallow lagoon may support freshwater wetlands or Sitka Spruce forests following uplift events and salt marsh or inundated Bivalvia, shellfish beds following subsidence events.
Dry Lagoon, at the southern end of Stone Lagoon, is separated from Stone Lagoon by what may become an island if the sea level rises. Dry Lagoon is presently a wetland representing natural conditions of similar land used for a sawmill near Big Lagoon, or converted to agricultural purposes around the estuaries of Redwood Creek (Humboldt County), Redwood Creek to the north and Little River (Humboldt County), Little River to the south.
Official Humboldt Lagoons State Park website
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Geography
Big Lagoon (California), Big Lagoon is the largest and southernmost lagoon. Stone Lagoon is in the middle, and Freshwater Lagoon is the northernmost and smallest.
The lagoons are shallow bays between rocky headlands where coastal wave action has formed a sandy bar (landform), bar separating each lagoon from the ocean. The park was established in 1931.
The lagoons are resting areas for migratory waterfowl using the Pacific Flyway between Lake Earl (California), Lake Earl on the Smith River (California), Smith River Estuary, estuarine wetlands to the north and Humboldt Bay on the Mad River (California), Mad River estuarine wetlands to the south. Studies around Humboldt Bay indicate tectonic activity along the Cascadia subduction zone has caused local sea level changes at intervals of several centuries. The alluvial plain forming each shallow lagoon may support freshwater wetlands or Sitka Spruce forests following uplift events and salt marsh or inundated Bivalvia, shellfish beds following subsidence events.
Dry Lagoon
Dry Lagoon, at the southern end of Stone Lagoon, is separated from Stone Lagoon by what may become an island if the sea level rises. Dry Lagoon is presently a wetland representing natural conditions of similar land used for a sawmill near Big Lagoon, or converted to agricultural purposes around the estuaries of Redwood Creek (Humboldt County), Redwood Creek to the north and Little River (Humboldt County), Little River to the south.
See also
*List of beaches in California *List of California state parks *References
External links
Official Humboldt Lagoons State Park website
{{authority control State parks of California Parks in Humboldt County, California Lagoons of California Lagoons of Humboldt County, California Protected areas established in 1931 1931 establishments in California