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Pomeroy Green
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1889.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 17 buildingss, 1 site, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 1087-1151 Pomeroy Ave. and 3201-3289 Benton St., Santa Clara, 95051
- When was it listed? March 2021
- Category. district
- Census division. San Jose
- National Register reference number. 100006330 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Then and now
1889 to 1978The ground this property stands on, surveyed 89 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
154 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 154 fires within 5 miles of Pomeroy Green between 2002 and 2020, burning about 21 acres in total. None started naturally. 14 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 | 93 |
| Smoking | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 30 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 3 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | not named |
| 3 September 2016 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 28 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | not named |
| 27 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 27 September 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Pomeroy Green: 3 unknowns, 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension, Granite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hubble Quarry and Mill | Granite | Unknown | ||
| Stevens Creek Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hubble Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| San Jose Brick & Tile Co. | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| San Jose Brick & Tile Co. | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Santa Clara, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 2020: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2020 | Hail | Santa Clara | - | Small hail reported in Santa Clara. |
Maps showing this location
13 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.
- 1889 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1897 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:62500
- 1899 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:62500 - 6 printings
- 1943 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS San Jose West quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1961 USGS San Jose West quadrangle1:24000 - 6 printings
- 1962 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
- 1966 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:100000
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Andrew J. Landrum House | 2.0 miles | 1982 |
 | Charles Copeland Morse House | 2.2 miles | 1977 |
| Santa Clara Verein | 2.4 miles | 1984 | |
 | Winchester House | 2.7 miles | 1974 |
 | Santa Clara Depot | 2.8 miles | 1985 |
 | Agnews Insane Asylum | 3.7 miles | 1997 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100006330 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Santa Clara County | All 117 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.