Dr. Raymond Babcock House

Built in 1919 (Neoclassical architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1922.

From the record

“Humboldt St. in Willits, California, in Mendocino County, California, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. The listing included three contributing buildings, a contributing structure, and a contributing object.”
Wikipedia article Dr. Raymond Babcock House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 42 National Register listings published here for Mendocino County · listed in 2004 · category: Building · built in 1919, Neoclassical architecture.

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 3 buildingss, 1 structure, 1 object as contributing to the listing.
Listed as. Babcock, Dr. Raymond, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 96 S. Humboldt St., Willits, 95490
When was it listed? August 2004
Category. building
Census division. Willits
When was it built? 1919
Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
National Register reference number. 04000620 - 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

291 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 291 fires within 5 miles of Dr. Raymond Babcock House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 546 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 17 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	111
Debris and open burning	53
Equipment and vehicle use	46
Misuse of fire by a minor	21
Arson/incendiarism	17
Railroad operations and maintenance	11
Smoking	9
Natural	8
Power generation/transmission/distribution	7
Recreation and ceremony	6
Other causes	2

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
7 September 2015	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Mendocino Unit	WELL
7 September 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Mendocino Unit	POPPY 3
5 September 2015	Railroad operations and maintenance	1.6 acres	Mendocino Unit	SUMMIT
5 September 1992	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Mendocino Unit	P. G. & E. #12
4 September 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	FANBLADE
4 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Mendocino Unit	POPPY
30 September 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Mendocino Unit	SMITH
3 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Mendocino Unit	TULIP

Every fire recorded in Mendocino County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Dr. Raymond Babcock House: 8 producers, 4 prospects, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Magnesite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Southard Ranch	Magnesite	Producer	Magnesite
Ford Canyon Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Willits Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
C A Haun and Son	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Longvale Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Longvale Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Willits Ready Mix	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Coursey Bros.	Manganese	Prospect
Coursey Brothers Prospect	Manganese	Prospect	1917
Knight Prospect	Manganese	Prospect	1942

Every working recorded in Mendocino County

Storms near this property

6 since 2022

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Willits, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 2022 and 2025: 5 flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 2025	Flood	Willits	-	Central Valley Road reported as flooded in Willits.
December 2022	Flood	Willits	-	East Barbara Lane Bridge at Railroad Avenue was closed due to flooding.
September 2022	Heavy Rain	Willits	-	CoCoRaHS report of 2.58 inches of rain in 45 minutes. 1 to 2 inches of water was observed on the Willits Bypass which stopped traffic. Water quickly subsided after the thunderstorm.
December 2022	Flood	Willits	-	Walnut Street between Locust Street and Poplar Avenue was closed due to flooding.
December 2022	Flood	Willits	-	The corner of East Commercial Street and Lenmore Avenue was closed due to flooding.
December 2022	Flood	Willits	-	Eastbound E Valley Road was closed in Willits due to flooding.

Every storm recorded in Mendocino County

Maps showing this location

8 surveys

United 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.

1922 USGS Willits quadrangle1:62500
1942 USGS Willits quadrangle1:62500
1944 USGS Willits quadrangle1:62500
1957 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
1960 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1961 USGS Willits quadrangle1:62500 - 3 printings
1981 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:100000 - 3 printings
1991 USGS Willits quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings

Listed places nearby

4 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Willits Carnegie Library	under 500 feet	1993
Larsen Family House	under 500 feet	1995
Willits Depot	0.1 miles	1999
Seabiscuit's Stud Barn	6.8 miles	2014

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 04000620 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Mendocino County	All 42 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.