Wee Kirk

The 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.

1902 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 516 fires within 5 miles of Wee Kirk between 1992 and 2020, burning about 774 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 31 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.

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

Every fire recorded in Santa Cruz County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Wee Kirk: 10 past producers, 7 producers, 6 occurrences, 3 unknowns. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension, Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Santa Cruz County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ben Lomond, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 4 heavy rain, 1 flash flood, 1 debris flow, 1 hail. 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.

Every storm recorded in Santa Cruz County

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.

• 1902 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:125000 - 9 printings
• 1947 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
• 1948 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
• 1955 USGS Felton 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
• 1982 USGS Palo Alto quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
• 1985 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
• 1991 USGS Felton quadrangle1:24000
• 1998 USGS Felton quadrangle1:24000

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
	Phillipshurst-Riverwood	0.9 miles	1983
	Grace Episcopal Church	2.5 miles	2006
	Felton Presbyterian Church	2.8 miles	1978
	Felton Covered Bridge	2.9 miles	1973
	Hiram D. Scott House	4.9 miles	1977
	Glen Canyon Covered Bridge	7.9 miles	1984