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One of 50 National Register listings published here for Marin County · listed in 2018 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1916.
One of 50 National Register listings published here for Marin County · listed in 2018 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Point Reyes Peninsula Dairy Ranches Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12,378 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 was 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Point Reyes National Seashore | JOHNSONS |
| 13 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Marin County Fire Department | not named |
| 11 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Marin County Fire Department | not named |
| 11 September 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Point Reyes National Seashore | PIERCE |
| 11 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Point Reyes National Seashore | NORTH BEACH 2 |
| 9 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Point Reyes National Seashore | WHITEGATE |
| 9 August 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Point Reyes National Seashore | LEMONLOG |
| 8 August 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Point Reyes National Seashore | NORTHBEACH |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Point Reyes Peninsula Dairy Ranches Historic District: 8 occurrences, 2 producers, 2 prospects, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Tungsten, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Location | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Sulsan Bay Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bender | Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Bender Dell Bender | Tungsten | Occurrence | 1950 | |
| Inverness | Tungsten | Occurrence | Scheelite | |
| Noren | Tungsten | Occurrence | 1950 | |
| Borello Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Inverness, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports in 2019: 3 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 2019 | Flood | Inverness | - | Roadway flooding Sr Francis Drake Blvd and Mount Vision Fire Rd. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Inverness | - | Sir Francis Drake Blvd by Vision Rd is flooded and currently impassable, Pierce Point Rd by Keohe Beach Trailhead is also flooded. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Inverness | - | Roads between Inverness and Point Reyes are closed due to flooding. |
United 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RCA Point Reyes Receiving Station | 2.4 miles | 2018 | |
| Brock Schreiber Boathouse and Beach | 2.9 miles | 1978 | |
| Station KPH Operating Station | 4.4 miles | 1989 | |
| Station KPH, Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America | 4.4 miles | 2025 | |
![]() | Point Reyes Naval Radio Compass Station | 5.8 miles | 2018 |
![]() | Point Reyes Lifeboat Rescue Station, 1927 | 7.3 miles | 1985 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100002147 in Record Group 79. |
| Marin County | All 50 listed properties in this county. |