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Acadia Ranch

Built in 1880. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

From the record

“The Acadia Ranch, now the Acadia Ranch Museum and home of the Oracle Historical Society, at 825 E. Lemmon Highway in Oracle in Pinal County, Arizona, is a historic ranch complex built up during 1885 to 1930.”

Wikipedia article Acadia Ranch, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 100 National Register listings published here for Pinal County · listed in 1984 · category: Building · built in 1880.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. AZ 77, Oracle, 85623
  • When was it listed? February 1984
  • Category. building
  • Census division. San Manuel
  • When was it built? 1880
  • National Register reference number. 84000765 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

79 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Acadia Ranch between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,359 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 5 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Natural16
Debris and open burning9
Smoking5
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor3

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeFALCON
3 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOracle Volunteer Fire Districtnot named
3 September 1996Smokingunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
12 September 2016Naturalunder an acreCoronado National ForestCOD RANCH
9 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
5 August 1993Natural10 acresCoronado National ForestJINKS
4 August 2001Naturalunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeALTO
27 August 2015Naturalunder an acreCoronado National ForestPALISADES

Every fire recorded in Pinal County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 46 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 46 workings within 5 miles of Acadia Ranch: 24 past producers, 9 prospects, 8 occurrences, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten, Copper, Lead, Silver. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
American FlagStone, Tungsten, Copper, Gold, Lead, Molybdenum, VanadiumPast Producer
American Flag MineSilver, Copper, Lead, GoldProducer1901, 1961
Bear Cat ClaimsTungsten, Silver, Vanadium, Molybdenum, GoldPast Producer1939
BurneyLead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, TungstenPast Producer
Burney MinesSilver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Gold, ManganeseProducer1947, 1967
Campo Bonito GroupTungsten, Gold, Lead, MolybdenumPast Producer1908
Cody TunnelTungsten, GoldPast ProducerGold, Scheelite
Copper Belle ClaimsGold, Silver, Copper, MolybdenumOccurrence
Copper Belle PropertyGold, Molybdenum, Copper, SilverOccurrence
Golden EagleGold, Silver, Tungsten, Copper, LeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pinal County

Storms near this property

32 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oracle, the town this property stands in, in 32 storm reports between 1993 and 2022: 10 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 9 flash flood, 2 lightning. The reports record 1 death. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2003Flash FloodOracle1 killed, $50,000Around 1.50 to 1.75 inches of rain fell in 30 minutes, with isolated reports of 1.90 inches. The Bonito Wash flooded several homes in the Campo Bonito area. Along the Canada del Oro Wash, the Rancho Solano gauge recorded a 9 foot rise of water. Several houses sustained flood damage. To compound the problem of the fast rising water, two culverts at a bridge downstream became blocked.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindOracle$100,000Thunderstorms moving into Oracle resulted in trees and power lines downed across a roadway. The most extensive damage was a roof blown off of a home located on Bonito Drive in Oracle.
August 2003Flash FloodOracle$50,000Numerous streets flooded in Oracle, along with a swift water rescue. The gage at Oracle Ridge recorded 0.94 inches in 30 minutes. Over 40 homes were evacuated in the Catalina area along the Canada del Oro Wash.
August 2016Flash FloodOracle$40,000Heavy rain caused ponding of water along Highway 79 north of Park Link Drive, and caused Durham Wash and other small washes to flow across the highway, making it impassable for 2 hours. Farther south, heavy rain also occurred near I-10 along the Pinal/Pima county line. Flash flooding occurred at Pinal Air Park, where flood waters entered several buildings. Runoff flooded small washes near Red Rock and washed out Sasco Road at the Santa Cruz River.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindOracle$30,000Power lines were downed by high winds in Oracle.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindOracle$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed several trees in Saddlebrooke One and blew numerous roof tiles off one residence.
July 2021LightningOracle$5,000Lightning started a small fire at a residence in the Saddlebrooke area.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindOracle$2,000Several small trees were uprooted in Saddlebrooke.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindOracle$2,000Thunderstorm winds downed 2 power poles in the town of Oracle.
July 2014LightningOracle$1,000Lightning incinerated a palm tree in Saddlebrook.
July 2010Flash FloodOracle$1,000Thunderstorms produced torrential rainfall on the north side of the Catalina Mountains, producing flash flooding. Rainfall estimates were locally as high as six inches in portions of southeast Pinal County, specifically near Camp Bonito. Law enforcement barricaded Mt. Lemmon and Peppersauce Roads due to flash flooding. A trained spotter measured 2.40 inches of rain 4 miles southeast of Oracle.
September 1998Thunderstorm WindOracle$1,000no account filed
September 2022Thunderstorm WindOracle$500Thunderstorm winds downed large tree limbs in Saddlebrooke.
August 2022Flash FloodOracle-Heavy rain of 2 in 1 hour in Oracle caused extensive street flooding throughout the town.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindOracle-A trained spotter estimated 70 mph wind gusts in Catalina.
August 2021Flash FloodOracle-Two to three inches in one hour caused flash flooding of washes and several road closures in Oracle.
September 2016HailOracle-Golfball size hail was reported in Oracle.
August 2014HailOracle-Two spotters in Oracle reported a maximum hail size of one inch, mixed in with smaller pieces. Hail fell for about 20 minutes.
September 2005Flash FloodOracle-Motorist trapped on Old Web Road between Peppersauce and Alder washes due to flooding. All roads intersecting those washes were closed.
August 2003Flash FloodOracle-Several homes near Golder Ranch Road were impacted when water in Canada del Oro wash rose 2 to 6 feet. A gauge near Oracle Ridge reported 1.10 inches of rain.
August 1993Tornado (F0)Oracle-This short-lived tornado over a remote area was observed by a tornado chaser. It touched down and lifted up several times, with lots of desert debris in the funnel.
July 2022HailOracle-no account filed
September 2022HailOracle-no account filed
August 2021HailOracle-no account filed
September 2016HailOracle-no account filed
August 2015Funnel CloudOracle-no account filed
July 2012HailOracle-no account filed
July 2012HailOracle-no account filed
September 2011HailOracle-no account filed
August 2002HailOracle-no account filed
August 2001Flash FloodOracle-no account filed
August 1997Thunderstorm WindOracle-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pinal County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
All Saint's Church0.1 miles1984
Kannally Ranch1.8 miles1996
Rancho Linda Vista1.9 miles1999
La Casa del High Jinks3.0 miles1996
American Flag Post Office Ranch3.2 miles1979
Rancho Solano5.7 miles1995

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 84000765 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Pinal CountyAll 100 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.