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Placer County Administrative Center

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2025. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1891.

From the record

One of 35 National Register listings published here for Placer County · listed in 2025 · category: Building.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
  • Address. 175 Fulweiler Ave, Auburn, 95603
  • When was it listed? July 2025
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Auburn
  • National Register reference number. 100011991 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

1,191 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,191 fires within 5 miles of Placer County Administrative Center between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,852 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 71 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/undetermined513
Equipment and vehicle use335
Debris and open burning151
Arson/incendiarism71
Smoking36
Misuse of fire by a minor33
Power generation/transmission/distribution26
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony4
Other causes2
Firearms and explosives use1
Fireworks1

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
9 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionGERRY
9 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionEDGEWOOD
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitSHAWNEE
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitAUBURN
9 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitAIRPORT
9 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitMEARS
9 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitLINE
9 September 1992Arson/incendiarism150 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitFORESTHILL

Every fire recorded in Placer County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 260 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 260 workings within 5 miles of Placer County Administrative Center: 91 past producers, 85 unknowns, 68 occurrences, 14 producers. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
BoothGold, Copper, Silver, LeadOccurrence
Cool-Cave Valley QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducer
Coulton Lime and Stone-Auburn PlantLimestone, DimensionProducer
Davenport DepositSilicaOccurrence
Eclipse ConsolidatedGold, Copper, Lead, Silver, ZincUnknown
Eclipse ConsolidatedGold, Copper, Silver, Lead, ZincPast ProducerArgentite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gold BlossomGold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, ArsenicPast ProducerGold, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Golden StagGold, Silver, MolybdenumPast ProducerGold, Molybdenite
Green Point Mercury and Uranium PspMercury, UraniumProspect
HathawayGold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, ArsenicPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Marcasite, Pyrite

Every working recorded in Placer County

Storms near this property

7 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Auburn, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 4 flood, 2 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 2 deaths. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2024FloodAuburn2 killedPlacer County Sheriff reported a group of three men went to fish in the North American River, north of Folsom Lake on November 23rd. Two of the men, both 20 years old, got into the water. One of them was swept away by the strong currents and the second man tried to help but was also pulled into the current. The recovery operation was extremely technical and in a portion of the river with rapids and strong current due to the storm. Both 20 year old men drowned and their bodies were recovered downstream on November 25th.
February 2025FloodAuburn-California Highway Patrol reported a partial road obstruction with dirt in the roadway on the Auburn side at State Route 99 and El Dorado Street from heavy rain.
January 2023FloodAuburn-Caltrans District 3 reported closure of Highway 49 at Lincoln Way to the American River Confluence due to a Rockslide.
January 2023FloodAuburn-Caltrans and CHP Auburn reported a rockslide on SR-49 east of Auburn. SR-49 is closed from the North Fork American River Bridge to Borland St and Lincoln Way.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindAuburn-no account filed
January 2000Heavy RainAuburn-no account filed
January 2000Heavy RainAuburn-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Placer County

Maps showing this location

12 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.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

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 PropertyDistance Listed
Oddfellows Hall0.5 miles2011
Auburn Public Library0.6 miles2011
Auburn Fire House No. 20.6 miles2011
Auburn Grammar School0.6 miles2012
Auburn Masonic Temple0.6 miles2011
Auburn City Hall and Fire House0.7 miles2012

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 100011991 in Record Group 79.
Placer CountyAll 35 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.