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La Laguna de San Gabriel

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1894.

From the record

One of 616 National Register listings published here for Los Angeles County · listed in 2017 · category: Site.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 14 structuress as contributing to the listing.
  • Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
  • Address. 300 W. Wells St., San Gabriel, 91776
  • When was it listed? January 2017
  • Category. site
  • Also known as. Latinos in 20th Century California MPS; Latinos in 20th Century California MPS; Latinos in 20th Century California MPS
  • Census division. Southwest San Gabriel Valley
  • National Register reference number. 100000462 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Then and now

1894 to 1979

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering La Laguna de San Gabriel, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet covering La Laguna de San Gabriel, surveyed 1894

Fires near this property

408 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 408 fires within 5 miles of La Laguna de San Gabriel between 2005 and 2020, burning about 466 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 36 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/undetermined259
Smoking36
Arson/incendiarism36
Misuse of fire by a minor34
Equipment and vehicle use26
Debris and open burning15
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.5 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
5 September 2010Smoking3.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of La Laguna de San Gabriel: 9 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Higgins Brick and Tile CoClayProspectSedimentary
Simmons Brick Co.-Pasadena PlantClayPast Producer
Torrance Brick Co.-Monterey Park 2ClayPast Producer
L. A. Decomposed Granite Co.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
La Decomposed Granite CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspectSedimentary
Mccaslin Materials CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Mccaslin Materials Co. PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Monterey Park Granite Co, IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Monterey Park Granite Co.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Reynolds Crushed Gravel CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Los Angeles County

Storms near this property

2 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names San Gabriel, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 1997 and 2016: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2016Thunderstorm WindSouth San Gabriel-Trained weather spotters in the city of Monterey Park reported strong thunderstorm wind gusts, estimated at 60 MPH. The strong thunderstorm winds caused some roof damage and knocked down a power pole.
November 1997Thunderstorm WindSan Gabriel-A line of severe thunderstorms developed across the San Gabriel Mountains and the San Gabriel Valley. Observations reported winds gusting up to 74 mph.

Every storm recorded in Los Angeles County

Maps showing this location

16 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.

Listed places nearby

6 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
San Gabriel Mission1.0 miles1971
San Gabriel Mission Playhouse1.0 miles2019
House at 530 S. Marengo Avenue2.6 miles1979
Michael White Adobe2.9 miles2014
Edwin Hubble House2.9 miles1976
Miltimore House2.9 miles1972

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 100000462 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Los Angeles CountyAll 616 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.