Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011. 14 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1886.
“The Forest House, near Yreka, California, was built in 1852. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.”
Wikipedia article Forest House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 19 National Register listings published here for Siskiyou County · listed in 2011 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 62 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 327 fires within 5 miles of Forest House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 313 acres in total. 147 started naturally. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 147 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 85 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 36 |
| Debris and open burning | 32 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 acres | Siskiyou Unit | CCG OOK AND GREEN CAMPGRO |
| 9 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | EASTMAN |
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | MOTEL 6 YREKA |
| 8 September 2004 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Siskiyou Unit | RIDGE |
| 7 September 2017 | Natural | 3.6 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | MARLOW |
| 7 September 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | WATER BOX |
| 6 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | S WEST ST YREKA |
| 5 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | EASY |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 70 workings within 5 miles of Forest House: 39 past producers, 14 unknowns, 12 occurrences, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Silver, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Hill | Gold, Lead | Past Producer | 1913 | |
| Magnitude | Gold, Arsenic | Past Producer | ||
| Mount Vernon Mines, Inc. | Gold, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Osgood | Gold, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Peg Leg Mine | Chromium, Ruthenium, Iridium, Palladium, Platinum, Rhodium | Past Producer | Chromite | |
| Reported Location | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Barham Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Barham Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | 1918 | |
| Lambert Claim | Chromium, Iron | Past Producer | 1917 | |
| S & W Mine | Chromium, Iron | Past Producer | 1914, 1915 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yreka, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 1998 and 2015: 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 debris flow. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2015 | Debris Flow | Yreka | - | California Highway Patrol reported a Mud/Dirt/Rock slide across California Highway 3 at Forest Mountain Summit between Yreka and Fort Jones. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Yreka | - | A spotter 1N Yreka reported 0.75 inch hail with a thunderstorm. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yreka | - | See below. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yreka | - | See below. |
| July 2001 | Flash Flood | Yreka | - | See below. |
| June 1998 | Flash Flood | Yreka | - | no account filed |
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Lewis Falkenstein House | 4.5 miles | 1979 |
 | Yreka Carnegie Library | 4.7 miles | 1992 |
 | West Miner Street-Third Street Historic District | 4.9 miles | 1972 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 11000433 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Siskiyou County | All 19 listed properties in this county. |
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