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One of 32 National Register listings published here for Tuolumne County · listed in 2021 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Sierra Railway Shops Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1893.
The listing
- Address. 18115 5th Ave., Jamestown, 95327
- When was it listed? July 2021
- Category. district
- Census division. Sonora
- National Register reference number. 100006719 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
789 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 789 fires within 5 miles of Sierra Railway Shops Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,893 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 44 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 | 320 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 169 |
| Debris and open burning | 120 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 56 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 44 |
| Smoking | 24 |
| Natural | 24 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 22 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | MONO |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | LIGHTNING#21 |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | LIGHTNING#37 |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Central California District | LIGHTING 24 |
| 9 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | FERENCZY |
| 8 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.8 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | CAMPBELL |
| 8 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | RAWHIDE |
| 8 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | GREENLEY |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 368 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 368 workings within 5 miles of Sierra Railway Shops Historic District: 142 unknowns, 95 past producers, 61 producers, 52 occurrences. 62 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Silver, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B Brown We Finch Ad Hunter | Talc-Soapstone | Occurrence | ||
| Ft Lillard Claims | Copper, Iron | Prospect | ||
| Golden Rule & Jumper | Gold, Bismuth | Occurrence | ||
| Jamestown S & G Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kahl Ranch | Chromium, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Mackey Mine | Chromium, Iron | Past Producer | 1860, 1908 | |
| Mackey Ranch | Copper, Gold, Silver, Tungsten | Past Producer | ||
| Quigg Mine | Iron, Chromium | Past Producer | 1908 | |
| Reported Occurence | Slate, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Reported Occurence | Beryllium | Occurrence |
Storms near this property
5 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jamestown, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 1999 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jamestown | $50,000 | Tuolumne County OES reported extensive tree damage at Woods Creek Mobile Home Park with 34 trees down. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jamestown | $30,000 | Tuolumne County Emergency Manager reported several trees and power poles down near the intersection of Martin Lane and Campo Seco Road. The Mount Elizabeth RAWS reported a maximum wind gusts of 61 mph. |
| March 2023 | Funnel Cloud | Jamestown | - | Tuolumne County Emergency Manager received multiple reports of a funnel cloud, observed along Campo Seco Road in Jamestown. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Jamestown | - | Caltrans reported road flooding in Sonora, CA. |
| February 1999 | Flash Flood | Jamestown | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
12 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.
- 1893 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000
- 1896 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000 - 8 printings
- 1898 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:24000 - 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
- 1966 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Oakdale quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Sierra Railway Locomotive No. 3 | under 500 feet | 2023 |
 | Emporium | 0.4 miles | 1978 |
 | Sonora Youth Center | 2.8 miles | 2009 |
 | Tuolumne County Jail | 2.9 miles | 1978 |
 | City Hotel | 3.0 miles | 1983 |
| Cady House | 3.0 miles | 1982 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100006719 in Record Group 79. |
| Tuolumne County | All 32 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.