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Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial
Built in 1992. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. 21 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1897.
From the record
“The Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial is a memorial dedicated in 1994 recognizing the dead of the Port Chicago disaster, and the critical role played by Port Chicago, California during World War II, in serving as the main facility for the Pacific Theater of Operations. The national memorial is located at the Military Ocean Terminal Concord near Concord, California, in the United States.”
Wikipedia article Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 49 National Register listings published here for Contra Costa County · listed in 2009 · category: District · built in 1992.
National Register reference number.11000237- the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Then and now
1897 to 1995
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
98 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
18971995
Fires near this property
424 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 424 fires within 5 miles of Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,916 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined
173
Equipment and vehicle use
73
Arson/incendiarism
71
Smoking
47
Misuse of fire by a minor
35
Debris and open burning
13
Power generation/transmission/distribution
5
Recreation and ceremony
3
Railroad operations and maintenance
3
Natural
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 2015
Power generation/transmission/distribution
under an acre
Santa Clara Unit
ALHAMBRA VALLEY RD BRION
9 September 2003
Equipment and vehicle use
under an acre
Santa Clara Unit
FOUR
7 September 2011
Misuse of fire by a minor
under an acre
Santa Clara Unit
not named
7 September 2010
Smoking
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
7 September 2006
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
12 workings within 5 miles of Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial: 6 occurrences, 2 prospects, 2 past producers, 2 producers.
2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Martinez, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 2018 and 2020: 1 hail, 1 flood.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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