Maple Creek, California#Climate

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in California, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

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Maple Creek (formerly, Maplecreek) is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California. It is located {{convert|9|mi|km|0}} south-southeast of Korbel,{{California's Geographic Names|101}} at an elevation of 528 feet (161 m).

A post office operated at Maple Creek from 1886 to 1923. Maple Creek once had a sawmill and a two-room school;{{cite news |last=Marshall |first=Jim |date=9 Oct 1972 |title=Country schools facing extinction |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/47223461/?terms=%22maple+creek%22&match=1 |work=The Times Standard |location=Eureka, CA |access-date=2 Jan 2024}} the mill closed in the 1960s but the school remains, enrolling 12-18 students at a time.{{cite web |url=http://apps.humboldt.k12.ca.us/sites/mapleck_sd/history/ |title=History - Maple Creek School District |author= |date=2023 |website=Maple Creek Elementary School District |publisher=Humboldt County Office of Education |access-date=2 Jan 2024 |quote=}}