Preston School of Industry

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

1889 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 226 fires within 5 miles of Preston School of Industry between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,501 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 11 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 Amador County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 158 workings within 5 miles of Preston School of Industry: 54 occurrences, 36 producers, 27 unknowns, 25 past producers. 36 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Gold, Copper, Chromium. 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 Amador County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ione, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 2023: 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.

Every storm recorded in Amador County

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.

• 1889 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:125000
• 1892 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:125000
• 1897 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:125000
• 1902 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:125000 - 7 printings
• 1941 USGS Sutter Creek quadrangle1:62500
• 1944 USGS Sutter Creek quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
• 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
• 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
• 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
• 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
• 1957 USGS Sutter Creek quadrangle1:62500
• 1962 USGS Ione quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
• 1962 USGS Sutter Creek quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
• 1993 USGS San Andreas quadrangle1:100000

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
	Preston Castle	0.3 miles	1975
	George and Eliza Withington House	0.7 miles	2015
	C.W. Swain House	1.0 miles	2014
	Ione City Centenary Church	1.0 miles	1977
	Five Mile Drive-Sutter Creek Bridge	1.4 miles	1986
	Scully Ranch	1.5 miles	1978