Elk River is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Humboldt County,

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. It is located east-northeast of Fields Landing, at an elevation of 69 feet (21 m). All the residents of this neighborhood have

Eureka, California Eureka ( ; Wiyot: ; Hupa: ; ) is a city and the county seat of Humboldt County, located on the North Coast of California. The city is located on U.S. Route 101 on the shores of Humboldt Bay, north of San Francisco and south of the Oreg ...

addresses. There are two wooden covered bridges in the Elk River area. The community is named for the river draining the portion of

Humboldt Bay Humboldt Bay (Wiyot language, Wiyot: ''Wigi'') is a natural bay and a multi-basin, bar-built coastal lagoon located on the rugged North Coast (California), North Coast of California, entirely within Humboldt County, California, Humboldt County, ...

watershed between Salmon Creek to the south and Freshwater Creek to the north. Elk River originates at elevation in the

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east of Humboldt Bay, and flows south and west of its namesake community before discharging into Humboldt Bay near Eureka's southern city boundary.

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