THE ORICK LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Franciscan Redwood Forest setting.
Orick CDP has 4.75 square miles of land in Humboldt County. Its Census reference point is in Northern Franciscan Redwood Forest, within Coast Range.
Pacific-facing coastal mountains support moisture-loving conifers, with marine terraces, dunes and beaches along the ocean edge. Inland slopes and the immediate coast have different vegetation patterns.
Regional context: Coast Range ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Orick and Humboldt County
Orick is associated with Humboldt County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Orick by land and water
The Census records 0.1 square miles of water within Orick, or 2.1% of its total area. It is 9.8 percentage points lower than the 11.9% recorded for Humboldt County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Orick CDP has 7.8 times the land area of nearby Big Lagoon CDP (0.61 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

