CoastErosionCheck

Crescent City, CA Coastal Erosion Rate

Is the coast eroding 1.8 miles west of Crescent City, CA?

Insufficient data

This segment, 1.8 miles west of Crescent City, CA, falls in a gap in USGS's own transect coverage - no usable reading, so none is claimed.

What "Crescent City" means on this page

USGS surveys the coast in transects spaced a few hundred feet apart; this page groups the nearest ones into a single ~3.5-mile reading for the stretch closest to Crescent City, CA, rather than showing one arbitrary line. Segment center: 41.77, -124.23. The survey behind it runs to 1852-2016, in USGS's California assessment, using the LRR method. Shoreline surveys aren't repeated every year, so this is the most recent long-term measurement USGS has published for this coast, not a live reading.

Where this fits nationally

Source: USGS National Shoreline Change data release (ScienceBase, DOI 10.5066/P94J0K7Z), Kratzmann 2024 / Data Report 1187. Atlantic City, NJ sits at national rank 1159 for growth (2.07 ft/yr), one reference point among the 1211 scored segments, 2583 miles from here. 2.5 miles away, Crescent City, CA is the nearest other measured stretch: also no significant trend.

Crescent City, CA on the source map: try the Coastal Change Hazards Portal, zoomable well past this page's ~3.5-mile grain.