Built in 1928. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1889.
From the record
“Alpine County Courthouse is a building built in 1928 in Markleeville, California. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.”
Wikipedia article Alpine County Courthouse, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 2 National Register listings published here for Alpine County · listed in 2004 · category: Building · built in 1928, by Frederic Joseph DeLongchamps.
National Register reference number.04001074- 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
189 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 189 fires within 5 miles of Alpine County Courthouse
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 383 acres in total. 150 started naturally. 3 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
Natural
150
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
11
Recreation and ceremony
10
Equipment and vehicle use
5
Arson/incendiarism
3
Smoking
3
Debris and open burning
2
Power generation/transmission/distribution
2
Misuse of fire by a minor
2
Other causes
1
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. Museums hold 1,962 specimens
collected within 10 miles of Alpine County Courthouse between 1863 and 1975: 1,748 Animalia, 116 Plantae, 92 Fungi, 3 Protozoa, 3 Unrecorded.
12 distinct Species records are shown.
Collected by A. Bartel, A. C. Browne, A. L. Brown and others. Each is a
physical object with a catalogue
number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was
collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be
concluded from a species being absent.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
79 workings within 5 miles of Alpine County Courthouse: 40 past producers, 24 occurrences, 10 unknowns, 2 producers.
3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Silver, Copper. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Markleeville, the town this property stands in, in 19 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 12 heavy rain, 5 debris flow, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood.
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.
Mesonet station (MKEC1) located in Markleeville, CA, reported heavy rain total of 1.82 inches. Utility Mesonet sensor also located in Markleeville, CA, reported 2.49 inches in 90 minutes and 2.22 inches in 60 minutes.
CalTrans and the California Highway Patrol reports 2 large rocks on the northbound lane of Highway 89 near Markleeville. Also, CHP reported mud, dirt, and rocks at the SR-4 and SR-89 junction south of Markleeville.
Severe flooding was reported along State Route 89 in and out of Markleeville, CA with numerous debris flows. Roadway damage was also reported, along with reports of vehicles starting to get swept away.
Grover Hot Springs state park staff reported debris flow over Hot Springs RD due to intense, heavy rainfall. Depth and damage were unknown at this time. Also, Caltrans and CHP reported boulders and rocks in the area with one part of Hot Springs RD starting to wash out. Another road was reported impassible.
Caltrans reported several rock slides on Highway 4 between Highway 89 and Ebbetts Pass due to thunderstorm heavy rainfall. Roadway was closed for a couple hours for cleanup.
SNOTEL EBTC1 at Ebbetts Pass reported 6.60 inches of rainfall in a 48-hour period from 1 December 0000PST to 2 December 2359PST. Station elevation of 8660 ft MSL.
RAWS MKEC1 near Markleeville reported 1.98 inches of rainfall in a 48-hour period from 1 December 0000PST to 2 December 2359PST. Station elevation of 5501 ft MSL.
Mesonet station MKEC1 in Markleeville reported 1.01 inches of rainfall in a 24-hour period from 7 December 1748PST to 8 December 1748PST at an elevation of 5501 feet MSL.
Mesonet station SPCC1, 2 miles southeast of Grover Hot Springs (elevation 6062 feet) reported 1.60 inches of rainfall in a 24-hour period from 24 May 0800PST to 25 May 0800PST.
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.
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.
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.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
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.
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