BlockFrom the record
One of 49 National Register listings published here for Contra Costa County · listed in 2000 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Sheet Metal Shop - Riggers Loft - Paint Shop
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. 19 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1895.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 6 buildingss, 5 structuress as contributing to the listing.
- Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
- Address. Point Potrero, Richmond, 94804
- When was it listed? April 2000
- Category. building
- Census division. West Contra Costa
- National Register reference number. 00000364 - 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.
Then and now
1895 to 1995The ground this property stands on, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Fires near this property
285 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 285 fires within 5 miles of Sheet Metal Shop - Riggers Loft - Paint Shop between 2005 and 2020, burning about 498 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 29 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 | 204 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 19 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | not named |
| 7 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 4 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 29 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Sheet Metal Shop - Riggers Loft - Paint Shop: 13 occurrences, 8 producers, 5 past producers, 3 prospects. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blake Brothers Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Blake Brothers San Pablo | Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sand | |
| Richmond Mill | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Asbestos | Occurrence | ||
| United Materials and Richmond Pressed Brick Co. | Clay | Producer | 1907 | |
| Unknown | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Mercury | Prospect | ||
| Untd. Mtrls. & Rchmnd.Prssd.Brck.Co | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Red Rock | Manganese | Producer | Mineral Paint, Psilomelane | |
| Red Rock | Manganese | Producer |
Storms near this property
6 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Richmond, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 5 flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Richmond | $200,000 | no account filed |
| December 2025 | Flood | Richmond | - | One foot of water was reported on westbound Interstate 580 just east of Canal Boulevard. |
| November 2025 | Flood | Richmond | - | The on and offramps from Canal Boulevard to Interstate 580 were flooded. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Richmond | - | On ramp from Canal Blvd to I-580 E flooded with 1-1.5 feet of water. |
| January 2018 | Flood | East Richmond | - | WB I80 at Macdonald, lane flooded. |
| February 2017 | Flood | East Richmond | - | One foot of water in Portrero on ramp to I80. |
Maps showing this location
19 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.
- 1895 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:62500
- 1899 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:62500 - 7 printings
- 1915 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:62500 - 6 printings
- 1947 USGS Richmond quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1947 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Richmond quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1955 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
- 1957 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Richmond quadrangle1:24000 - 5 printings
- 1960 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
- 1985 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Richmond quadrangle1:24000
- 1995 USGS Richmond quadrangle1:24000
Listed places nearby
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | SS Red Oak Victory (victory ship) | under 500 feet | 2001 |
 | Rosie the Riveter-World War II Home Front National Historical Park | 0.5 miles | 2001 |
 | Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant | 0.6 miles | 1988 |
| ROBERT GRAY (hydrographic survey vessel) | 1.2 miles | 2022 | |
| Nystrom Elementary School-The Maritime Building | 1.6 miles | 2017 | |
| Maritime Child Development Center | 1.7 miles | 2001 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 00000364 in Record Group 79. |
| Contra Costa County | All 49 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.