Yurok Indian Reservation

The Yurok Indian Reservation is a Native American reservation for the Yurok people located in parts of Del Norte and Humboldt counties, California, on a 44-mile (71 km) stretch of the Klamath River. It is one of a very few tribes who have never been removed from their ancestral lands in California.

Yurok Reservation
Native American Reservation
Yurok Indian Reservation
Yurok Indian Reservation
Location of Yurok Indian Reservation
Country	United States
State	California
Counties	Del Norte Humboldt
Tribal Nation	Yurok
Administrative Capital	Klamath, California
Government
• Body	Yurok Tribe Tribal Council
• Chairman	Joe James
• Vice Chairman	Frankie Myers
Area
• Total	88.08 sq mi (228.1 km2)
• Land	84.73 sq mi (219.4 km2)
• Water	3.35 sq mi (8.7 km2)
Population
• Total	1,236
Website	https://www.yuroktribe.org/

The 84.714 square miles (219.41 km²) reservation is serviced by California Route 169 from the south, which dead ends within the reservation. It is bordered by the Hoopa Indian Reservation to the south, adjacent to Redwood National Park to the west and completely surrounds the Pulikla Tribe of Yurok People. The 2000 census reported a resident population of 1,103 persons on reservation territory, mostly in the community of Klamath, at the reservation's north end. As of the 2010 Census the population was 1,238 and as of the 2020 census it was 1,236.^[1][2]

See also

• Yurok language
• List of Indian reservations in the United States
• Redwoods Rising

Climate

Climate data for Yukon Reservation, California
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °F (°C)	50 (10)	52 (11)	55 (13)	60 (16)	67 (19)	72 (22)	78 (26)	79 (26)	78 (26)	67 (19)	55 (13)	49 (9)	64 (18)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C)	37 (3)	37 (3)	37 (3)	39 (4)	43 (6)	49 (9)	56 (13)	55 (13)	53 (12)	47 (8)	40 (4)	37 (3)	44 (7)
Average precipitation inches (mm)	16.28 (414)	12.97 (329)	12.83 (326)	9.36 (238)	5.15 (131)	1.91 (49)	0.54 (14)	0.62 (16)	1.55 (39)	6.69 (170)	12.65 (321)	19.85 (504)	100.4 (2,551)
Source: Prism[3]