BlockFrom the record
One of 35 National Register listings published here for Placer County · listed in 2010 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
El Toyon
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1891.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 211 Brook Rd, Auburn, 95603
- When was it listed? March 2010
- Category. building
- Census division. Auburn
- National Register reference number. 10000118 - 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
1,111 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,111 fires within 5 miles of El Toyon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,620 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 64 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 | 486 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 307 |
| Debris and open burning | 141 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 64 |
| Smoking | 33 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 29 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 25 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | GERRY |
| 9 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | EDGEWOOD |
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | SHAWNEE |
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | AUBURN |
| 9 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | AIRPORT |
| 9 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Amador-El Dorado Unit | MISTY |
| 9 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 150 acres | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | FORESTHILL |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | NEWCASTLE |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 251 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 251 workings within 5 miles of El Toyon: 87 past producers, 82 unknowns, 69 occurrences, 12 producers. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Booth | Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Cool-Cave Valley Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Coulton Lime and Stone-Auburn Plant | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Davenport Deposit | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Eclipse Consolidated | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Eclipse Consolidated | Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Argentite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Elder | Molybdenum, Copper | Occurrence | Molybdenite | |
| Gold Blossom | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Arsenic | Past Producer | Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Golden Stag | Gold, Silver, Molybdenum | Past Producer | Gold, Molybdenite | |
| Green Point | Iron | Occurrence |
Storms near this property
7 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Auburn, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 4 flood, 2 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 2 deaths. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2024 | Flood | Auburn | 2 killed | Placer County Sheriff reported a group of three men went to fish in the North American River, north of Folsom Lake on November 23rd. Two of the men, both 20 years old, got into the water. One of them was swept away by the strong currents and the second man tried to help but was also pulled into the current. The recovery operation was extremely technical and in a portion of the river with rapids and strong current due to the storm. Both 20 year old men drowned and their bodies were recovered downstream on November 25th. |
| February 2025 | Flood | Auburn | - | California Highway Patrol reported a partial road obstruction with dirt in the roadway on the Auburn side at State Route 99 and El Dorado Street from heavy rain. |
| January 2023 | Flood | Auburn | - | Caltrans District 3 reported closure of Highway 49 at Lincoln Way to the American River Confluence due to a Rockslide. |
| January 2023 | Flood | Auburn | - | Caltrans and CHP Auburn reported a rockslide on SR-49 east of Auburn. SR-49 is closed from the North Fork American River Bridge to Borland St and Lincoln Way. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auburn | - | no account filed |
| January 2000 | Heavy Rain | Auburn | - | no account filed |
| January 2000 | Heavy Rain | Auburn | - | no account filed |
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.
- 1891 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:125000 - 5 printings
- 1893 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:125000
- 1944 USGS Auburn quadrangle1:62500 - 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Auburn quadrangle1:24000 - 9 printings
- 1954 USGS Auburn quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Auburn quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Irene Burns House | 0.3 miles | 2013 |
 | Placer County Bank | 0.5 miles | 2011 |
 | Earl Crabbe Gymnasium | 0.5 miles | 2017 |
 | Auburn City Hall and Fire House | 0.5 miles | 2012 |
 | Auburn Masonic Temple | 0.6 miles | 2011 |
 | Auburn Fire House No. 1 | 0.6 miles | 2011 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 10000118 in Record Group 79. |
| Placer County | All 35 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.