Theodore Zschokke Cottages

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

1897 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 207 fires within 5 miles of Theodore Zschokke Cottages between 1992 and 2020, burning about 139 acres in total. None started naturally. 21 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 Clara County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Theodore Zschokke Cottages: 7 past producers, 6 producers, 5 unknowns, 1 occurrence. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Mercury, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 Clara County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Palo Alto, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 3 flood, 1 funnel cloud, 1 hail, 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.

Every storm recorded in Santa Clara 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.

• 1897 USGS Palo Alto quadrangle1:62500
• 1899 USGS Palo Alto quadrangle1:62500 - 11 printings
• 1902 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:125000 - 9 printings
• 1941 USGS Palo Alto quadrangle1:62500
• 1943 USGS Palo Alto quadrangle1:62500
• 1947 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
• 1948 USGS Palo Alto quadrangle1:62500
• 1948 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
• 1953 USGS Palo Alto quadrangle1:24000 - 2 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 Palo Alto quadrangle1:62500 - 3 printings
• 1961 USGS Palo Alto quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
• 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 Palo Alto quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
• 1997 USGS Palo Alto 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
	Fraternal Hall Building	under 500 feet	1990
	Ramona Street Architectural District	0.1 miles	1986
	Palo Alto Southern Pacific Railroad Depot	0.2 miles	1996
	Hostess House	0.2 miles	1976
	U.S. Post Office	0.2 miles	1981
	Palo Alto Medical Clinic	0.3 miles	2010