BlockFrom the record
One of 50 National Register listings published here for Marin County · listed in 2017 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Marin City Public Housing
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1897.
The listing
- Address. 101-429 Drake Ave., 1-99 Cole Dr., Marin City, 94965
- When was it listed? September 2017
- Category. district
- Census division. Southeast Marin
- National Register reference number. 100001604 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Then and now
1897 to 1993The ground this property stands on, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Fires near this property
155 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 155 fires within 5 miles of Marin City Public Housing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 397 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 8 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 | 66 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Smoking | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Marin County Fire Department | not named |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Marin County Fire Department | not named |
| 7 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Golden Gate National Recreation Area | LEACH |
| 5 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Golden Gate National Recreation Area | ALTA |
| 3 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Golden Gate National Recreation Area | BONITA |
| 3 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 27 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Golden Gate National Recreation Area | LOG CABIN |
| 24 September 1993 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Golden Gate National Recreation Area | TV#1 |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Marin City Public Housing: 7 occurrences, 4 unknowns, 3 producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Manganese, Stone, Gemstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angel Island Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Copperopolis Mine | Asbestos | Producer | Chrysotile | |
| Fort Baker | Gold, Manganese | Occurrence | 1914 | |
| Lime Point | Gemstone | Occurrence | 1935 | |
| Tiburon Ridge Flagstone | Stone, Stone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Escalle Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Ft Baker | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Escalle Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Marin Co.No.25 | Manganese | Unknown | ||
| Point Bonita | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect |
Storms near this property
11 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marin City, the town this property stands in, in 11 storm reports between 2014 and 2021: 4 flood, 4 debris flow, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2014 | Debris Flow | Marin City | $1,000,000 | A significant mudslide occurred along Tennessee Valley Road. |
| February 2014 | Debris Flow | Marin City | $1,500 | Rock and mudslide blocking portions of Highway 1 at Panoramic. |
| December 2019 | Lightning | Marin City | $300 | Lightning hit a 100 foot tall tree on Waterview drive in Mill Valley in the early morning. The strike split the tree in half with debris landing on nearby decks and roofs https://abc7news.com/weather/exclusive-lightning-strike-damages-tree-near-mill-valley-homes/5785998/. |
| March 2021 | Hail | Marin City | - | Image on social media shows small hail in Marin. |
| December 2021 | Flood | Marin City | - | Heavy rain led to a rockslide on SR1 and partially blocked the road. |
| February 2019 | Debris Flow | Marin City | - | SB CA-1 at Loring Ave, mud and rocks blocking NB lane. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Marin City | - | Water from Coyote Creek is spilling into Ross Dr. Flood control engineer says ground is so saturated, runoff from heavy rainfall. |
| March 2018 | Flood | Marin City | - | Roadway flooding reported at Almonte Blvd and SR 1. |
| February 2017 | Flash Flood | Marin City | - | Arroyo Corte Madera Del Presidio Mill Valley stream gauge went above flood stage during this time period. |
| February 2017 | Debris Flow | Marin City | - | Tree and mudslide blocking northbound lane of Highway 1 just south of Chamberlain. |
| December 2014 | Flood | Marin City | - | Highway 1 flooded and closed from Panoramic Highway to Muir Woods Road. |
Maps showing this location
16 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1897 USGS Tamalpais quadrangle1:62500 - 12 printings
- 1941 USGS Tamalpais quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Mt. Tamalpais quadrangle1:62500 - 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Point Bonita quadrangle1:24000 - 6 printings
- 1955 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
- 1957 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
- 1985 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Point Bonita quadrangle1:24000
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Marinship Machine Shop | 1.0 miles | 2016 |
 | William G. Barrett House | 1.8 miles | 1980 |
 | Benjamin and Hilarita Lyford House | 1.9 miles | 2000 |
 | Griswold House | 2.0 miles | 1985 |
 | Sausalito Woman's Club | 2.0 miles | 1993 |
 | Valentine Rey House | 2.8 miles | 1982 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100001604 in Record Group 79. |
| Marin County | All 50 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.