Soda Springs (near Burbeck), Mendocino County, California

Soda Springs is an archaic place name in Mendocino County, California.[1] It was a stop on the California Western Railroad near Burbeck 4.5 miles (7.2 km) west of Willits,[2] at an elevation of 741 feet (226 m).[1] The route, a series of "zigzag windings"[3] through the Noyo River valley, was said to host "many good springs".[4]

Soda Springs
Unincorporated community
California Western Railroad map, 1917
California Western Railroad map, 1917
Soda Springs is located in California
Soda Springs
Soda Springs
Location in California
Soda Springs is located in the United States
Soda Springs
Soda Springs
Soda Springs (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°25′22″N 123°26′03″W
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyMendocino County
Elevation
[1]
741 ft (226 m)

Additional images
The Picturesque Noyo River in the Redwood Forest of Mendocino County Noyo River Tavern on the California Scenic Line Between Fort Bragg and Willits 1915
California Western Railway stop "at a spring of pure mountain water", 1917

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Soda Springs
  2. Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 147. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
  3. Rider, Fremont; Cooper, Frederic Taber (1925). Rider's California: A Guide-book for Travelers, with 28 Maps and Plans, Compiled Under the General Editorship of Fremont Rider. Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-4047-5079-1.
  4. "Through the Redwood Forest of Mendocino County: California Western Railway" (PDF). 1917.


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