John G. Chapman House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1922.

From the record

One of 52 National Register listings published here for Humboldt County · listed in 2011 · category: Building.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Listed as. Chapman, John G., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 974 10th St., Arcata, 95521
When was it listed? September 2011
Category. building
Census division. Arcata
National Register reference number. 11000713 - 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

1922 to 1987

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 65 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering John G. Chapman House, surveyed 1987

Topographic sheet covering John G. Chapman House, surveyed 1922

Fires near this property

281 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 281 fires within 5 miles of John G. Chapman House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 387 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 14 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	157
Debris and open burning	43
Equipment and vehicle use	26
Arson/incendiarism	14
Smoking	12
Recreation and ceremony	10
Misuse of fire by a minor	8
Power generation/transmission/distribution	8
Other causes	2
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 2000	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Humboldt-Del Norte Unit	BROWNFIELD
7 September 2006	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
7 September 2004	Smoking	under an acre	Humboldt-Del Norte Unit	ESSEX
6 September 2020	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Humboldt-Del Norte Unit	UNION ST / SAMOA BLVD
6 September 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
6 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Humboldt-Del Norte Unit	not named
6 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
5 September 1996	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Humboldt-Del Norte Unit	FUSI

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of John G. Chapman House: 12 producers, 3 occurrences, 3 prospects. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
W A Preston Prospect	Iron	Prospect
W. A. Preston Property	Iron	Occurrence
Hanes Creek	Manganese	Producer
Janes Creek	Manganese	Producer
Janes Creek	Manganese	Prospect	1918
Arcata Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Blue Lake/Mad River Bar	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Chriestie Bar	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Essex Gravel Bar	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Graham Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Humboldt County

Storms near this property

7 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arcata, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 2 hail, 2 flood, 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
December 2025	Flood	Arcata	-	Flooding reported on the onramp from Highway 101 to Highway 255 in Arcata.
September 2019	Flash Flood	Arcata	-	The intersection of Lewis Avenue and Daina Court was flooded.
September 2019	Flash Flood	Arcata	-	Six to eight inches of flood water observed.
February 2018	Hail	Arcata	-	Hail covered road led to a 19 vehicle accident at the intersection of Highway 101 and Highway 255. 16 injuries were reported.
December 2016	Flood	Arcata	-	Multiple roads around Humboldt Bay were closed due to flooding beginning December 15th in the morning. Roads gradually reopened through the early afternoon on December 16th as water receded. Roads closed included Hookton, Meridian, Port Kenyon, Coffee Creek, Pine Hill, Jackson Ranch, and Berta. Several other roads were also covered in water but remained open. Many of these roads typically flood during heavy rain events. Thus no damage was reported.
December 2015	Hail	Arcata	-	Pea to quarter sized hail stones were reported by the public due to a thunderstorm. Photo included coins to reference the hail stone size.
December 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Arcata	-	Thunderstorm embedded in a strong cold front.

Every storm recorded in Humboldt County

Maps showing this location

11 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.

1922 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:62500
1933 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:48000
1942 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:62500 - 3 printings
1949 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1951 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
1952 USGS Arcata North quadrangle1:24000
1958 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1959 USGS Arcata North quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
1959 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
1961 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1987 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:100000

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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Stone House	1.4 miles	1986
Whaley House	1.5 miles	1979
Schorlig House	1.5 miles	1978
Pythian Castle	1.6 miles	1986
James Kleiser House	1.7 miles	2023
Hotel Arcata	1.7 miles	1984

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 11000713 in Record Group 79.
Humboldt County	All 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.
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.