Burnt Ranch (Chimariko: č’utamtače) a census-designated place (CDP) in Trinity County, California.

In prehistoric times, the area was inhabited by people speaking a form of the Chimariko language, which was spoken along the Trinity River from the mouth of South Fork at Salyer as far upstream as Big Bar; their principal village was at present-day Burnt Ranch.

[3] Pre-contact, the Native American people of this area all spoke Chimariko as well as a dialect of the Hupa language.

[4] Burnt Ranch is so named because a party of Indian raiders burned down the majority of the town in 1863.

Burnt Ranch became a temporary camp from May to November 1864, used by 1st Battalion California Volunteer Mountaineers while moving Indians to Fort Humboldt.

[10] According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 13.4 square miles (35 km2), 99.99% of it land and 0.01% of it water.

[31] Federally, Burnt Ranch is in California's 2nd congressional district, represented by Democrat Jared Huffman.