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California Federation of Women's Clubs Grove Hearthstone

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2024. 6 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1921.

From the record

One of 52 National Register listings published here for Humboldt County · listed in 2024 · category: Structure.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
  • Address. 0.28 miles southwest of Highway 254 (Avenue of the Giants), Weott, 95571
  • When was it listed? July 2024
  • Category. structure
  • Census division. Garberville
  • National Register reference number. 100010512 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Then and now

1921 to 1979

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 58 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering California Federation of Women's Clubs Grove Hearthstone, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet covering California Federation of Women's Clubs Grove Hearthstone, surveyed 1921

Fires near this property

121 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of California Federation of Women's Clubs Grove Hearthstone between 1992 and 2018, burning about 12,299 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined52
Equipment and vehicle use28
Natural13
Debris and open burning8
Recreation and ceremony7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitDYERVILLE
30 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitFOUNDERS
3 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionTHORTON
3 September 2003Natural11,036 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitCANOE
3 September 2003Natural1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitWEBER CREEK
3 September 2003Natural1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitREDCREST 3
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitMT. BALDY
3 September 2003Natural1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitREDCREST 2

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of California Federation of Women's Clubs Grove Hearthstone: 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
CrimsonCopperOccurrence
Eel River BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Humboldt County

Maps showing this location

6 surveys

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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 100010512 in Record Group 79.
Humboldt CountyAll 52 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.