Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. 22 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1897.
“The MacFarland House is a historic house in Stanford, California. MacFarland, a professor of histology at Stanford University.”
Wikipedia article MacFarland House (Stanford, California), CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 117 National Register listings published here for Santa Clara County · listed in 2006 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
The 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.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 196 fires within 5 miles of MacFarland House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 140 acres in total. None started naturally. 15 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 | 117 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 32 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.2 acres | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | ALPINE |
| 5 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | not named |
| 5 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 30 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | NB HWY 280 / SAND HILL R |
| 30 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 28 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 26 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Santa Clara Unit | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of MacFarland House: 6 past producers, 6 producers, 4 unknowns, 1 occurrence. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Challenge | Mercury | Past Producer | 1955 | |
| J. M. Macdonough | Gold, Lead, Silver | Unknown | ||
| J.M. Macdonough Ranch | Gold, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Palo Alto Sewage Sludge | Gold, Silver, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Copper, Tin, Palladium | Occurrence | Ash | |
| Adobe Creek Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Adobe Creek Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Langley Hill Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Bahr & Ledoyen, Inc. | Stone | Producer | ||
| Bahr & Ledoyen, Inc. | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| New Page Mill Quarries | Stone | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stanford, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 2017: 1 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2017 | Flash Flood | Stanford | - | San Francisquito Creek at Standford gauge above flood stage. |
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.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Lou Henry Hoover House | under 500 feet | 1978 |
 | Hanna-Honeycomb House | 0.3 miles | 1978 |
| Clifford Allen House | 0.4 miles | 2024 | |
 | Palo Alto Stock Farm Horse Barn | 1.0 miles | 1985 |
 | Kee House | 1.3 miles | 1985 |
 | Hostess House | 1.8 miles | 1976 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 06000659 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Santa Clara County | All 117 listed properties in this county. |
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