Help document the King Tide event
The city of Arcata is seeking community assistance with photo- documenting water levels on Arcata Bay and in local creeks and streams during the King Tide events occurring Monday and Tuesday.
King Tide events show projections of what “normal” tide levels could look like in the future as a result of sea level rise, and a visual record of King Tide events from year to year provides valuable data used by City staff when planning for sea level rise.
On Monday at 10:18 a.m. and Tuesday at 11:08 a.m., all community members are invited to observe and photograph the highest tides at key locations of interest throughout Arcata. A “King Tide Guide” map of the observation sites can be found at cityofarcata.org.
Photographs of the tides can be emailed to kingtide@cityofarcata.org to be added to the city’s King Tide GIS Storymap in the future. Images may also be shared with the California Coastal Commission’s statewide King
Tide Project at coastal. ca.gov/ kingtides. Photographs of the tides at locations in Humboldt County not included in the “King Tide Guide” are also welcome and encouraged.
In addition, on Tuesday, the city will host a virtual “King Tide and Sea Level Rise” discussion at 2 p.m. The conversation will include information on how King Tide events can show effects of future sea level rise, photos of past King Tide events will be shared, and Community Development Director David Loya will discuss how the city is approaching responses to sea level rise.
A Zoom link to attend can be found at cityofarcata.org.
All community members who choose to observe the King Tides are urged to follow safety precautions around water and COVID-19, and more detailed information on how to safely observe the tides can be found at cityofarcata.org.
For more information about KingTides and sea level rise, contact the Community Development Department at kingtide@ cityofarcata.org.