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One of 9 National Register listings published here for Tehama County · listed in 2000 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Herbert Kraft Memorial Free Library
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. 7 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1890.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Kraft, Herbert, Memorial Free Library - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 909 Jefferson, Red Bluff, 96080
- When was it listed? April 2000
- Category. building
- Census division. Red Bluff
- Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
- Architect. Franklin Pierce Burnham
- National Register reference number. 00000362 - 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
806 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 806 fires within 5 miles of Herbert Kraft Memorial Free Library between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,192 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 63 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/undetermined | 321 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 217 |
| Debris and open burning | 90 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 63 |
| Smoking | 44 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 37 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2020 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | BAKER RD WRB |
| 9 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tehama-Glenn Unit | JELLYS2 |
| 9 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | FREEWAY 10 |
| 9 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tehama-Glenn Unit | PG&E |
| 9 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | MISSION |
| 9 September 1993 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | RAWSON |
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | CAROL AV RBCTY |
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | HILL ST RBCTY |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Herbert Kraft Memorial Free Library: 10 producers, 3 past producers, 1 prospect. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midland Co. | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| O'Connor Bros. | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Al' Bon's Crusher | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Chase Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Dibble Creek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Draper and Adams | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Fredrickson and Westbrook | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Heitman Dibble Creek Bar | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Latten Pit and Mil | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Old Red Bluff Rock Site | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
21 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Red Bluff, the town this property stands in, in 21 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 11 flood, 4 flash flood, 3 hail, 2 wildfire. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2000 | Wildfire | Red Bluff | $547,000,000 | no account filed |
| December 2014 | Flash Flood | Red Bluff | $6,000,000 | There was flooding and impacts along Highway 99 from numerous creeks overtopping their banks in addition to earthen berm or earthen levee failures. There were issues on the following creeks: | Salt Creek (Overtopped at Highway 99 and Highway 36 location)| Antelope Creek (Private earthen berm failure at Rancho Ave))| Craig Creek (Overtopped near Craig Road and Rancho Ave)| Dye Creek (Over topped and earthen berm failure between Shasta blvd and 62nd Ave)|Highway 99 was closed from highway 36 to Aramayo Way for many hours (Wednesday evening through early Thursday morning) until the water receded and things could be cleaned up. There were 213 homes impacted from the flooding, with significant damage from water and mud. Many homes had several feet of water. Fields and orchards were also flooded.|Damage to homes, bridges, fencing, crops, and beehives totaled $2.5 million. Repairs and remediation to the berms totaled $4.25 million. |
| October 2000 | Wildfire | Red Bluff | $547,000 | no account filed |
| January 2019 | Flood | Red Bluff | $15,000 | Heavy rains led to intense flooding in Red Bluff leading to 30 homes being evacuated on Aloha Street. Several homes did flood and evacuation orders were lifted at 1100 am. |
| February 2025 | Flood | Red Bluff | - | California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding at State Route 36 and North Main Street from heavy rain. |
| February 2025 | Flood | Red Bluff | - | California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding from heavy rain at State Route 36 and Monroe Avenue near Red Bluff. |
| February 2025 | Flood | Red Bluff | - | California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding on State Route 36 at Monroe Avenue near Red Bluff from heavy rain. |
| November 2024 | Flood | Red Bluff | - | California Highway Patrol reported flooding along CA-99 from Aramayo Way in Los Molinos to CA-36 near Red Bluff. There was over 1 foot of water in the roadway with multiple vehicles stuck in the road. Flooding led to a closure of CA-99. |
| December 2024 | Flood | Red Bluff | - | California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding on State Route 36 and Antelope Boulevard from heavy rain. |
| January 2023 | Flood | Red Bluff | - | Eastbound highway 36 was closed by Baker Road for about an hour. Red Bluff Airport received 0.42 inches of rain between 9 and 10 am, and 0.97 inches over 6 hours. |
| March 2023 | Flood | Red Bluff | - | California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding between Antelope Boulevard and Gilmore Road. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Red Bluff | - | From route 36 to Aramayo Way the road was closed to numerous reports of flooding. Reports of flooding started coming in at 3am and were still present at 4:50pm. |
| February 2017 | Flood | Red Bluff | - | Flooding issues on Paynes Creek Slough caused Kaer Ave. to be impassable. |
| October 2015 | Heavy Rain | Red Bluff | - | Locally heavy rain from a thunderstorm, with 1.25 inches measured in about 30 minutes. |
| December 2014 | Flood | Red Bluff | - | Highway 99 eastbound at Long Creek Bridge. Flooding was a few feet deep. |
| December 2014 | Flash Flood | Red Bluff | - | Flash flooding caused a hard closure of Highway 36 at Baker Road. |
| December 2014 | Flash Flood | Red Bluff | - | Tehama County Sheriff's Office reported flooding of roads at multiple locations. Received a report of up to 6 feet of water flowing over a road. Closed a stretch of Highway 36. |
| December 2014 | Flash Flood | Red Bluff | - | Mudslide reported near the intersection of Baker Rd. and Monrovia. |
| February 2001 | Hail | Red Bluff | - | no account filed |
| February 2001 | Hail | Red Bluff | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Red Bluff | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
7 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1890 USGS Red Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS Red Bluff quadrangle1:250000 - 6 printings
- 1905 USGS Tehama quadrangle1:62500 - 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Red Bluff East quadrangle1:24000 - 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Red Bluff quadrangle1:62500 - 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Redding quadrangle1:250000 - 5 printings
- 1979 USGS Red Bluff quadrangle1:100000 - 3 printings
Listed places nearby
5 within 8 milesOther 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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cone and Kimball Building | 0.2 miles | 1979 | |
 | Old Bank of America Building | 0.2 miles | 1980 |
 | State Theatre | 0.2 miles | 2002 |
 | Odd Fellows Building | 0.2 miles | 1976 |
 | Saint Mary's Parish | 0.3 miles | 1982 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 00000362 in Record Group 79. |
| Tehama County | All 9 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.