BlockFrom the record
One of 24 National Register listings published here for Yolo County · listed in 2017 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Washington Firehouse
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1907.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 317 3rd St., West Sacramento, 95605
- When was it listed? April 2017
- Category. building
- Census division. East Yolo
- Architectural style. Moderne architecture
- Architect. George C. Sellon
- National Register reference number. 100000882 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
163 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 163 fires within 5 miles of Washington Firehouse between 1999 and 2019, burning about 654 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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 | 131 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | not named |
| 9 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 30 September 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 3 September 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 25 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 24 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Washington Firehouse: 11 past producers, 3 unknowns, 3 producers, 2 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sacramento Gold Placer | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| American River Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Barnett Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Hard Materials | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Lentz Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Lentz Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Perkins | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Reeves Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Reeves Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Richards Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this property
2 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Sacramento, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 2005 and 2024: 1 tornado, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2005 | Tornado (F0) | West Sacramento | $2,000 | no account filed |
| November 2024 | Flood | West Sacramento | - | California Highway Patrol reported heavy flooding on the Highway 50 onramp at Jefferson Boulevard from heavy rain. |
Maps showing this location
12 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.
- 1907 USGS Davisville quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1916 USGS Lovdal quadrangle1:31680
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Sacramento West quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Sacramento West quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Davis quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
- 1967 USGS Sacramento West quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
- 1992 USGS Sacramento West quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100000882 in Record Group 79. |
| Yolo County | All 24 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.