Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1906.
“The Carnegie Library at Livermore, California, opened in 1911 and continued in use as a library until 1966. It now hosts a historical museum and art gallery.”
Wikipedia article Livermore Carnegie Library and Park, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 160 National Register listings published here for Alameda County · listed in 2011 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 397 fires within 5 miles of Livermore Carnegie Library and Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,083 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 34 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 | 237 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 89 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 34 |
| Smoking | 20 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| 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 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | not named |
| 9 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | SCHOOL |
| 9 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | CALTRANS |
| 8 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | not named |
| 8 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Livermore Carnegie Library and Park: 12 past producers, 9 producers, 1 occurrence. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bezley Quarry | Silver | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Buranis Bros. & Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Buranis Bros. & Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Central Maintenance Heavy Equip Shp | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| H.J. Kaiser Co. Radum Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Livermore, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 2 flood, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1998 | Flash Flood | Livermore | $250,000 | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Livermore | $50,000 | A small tornado skipped across a residential housing development causing minor damage to houses. A number of trees were toppled. |
| November 2024 | Heavy Rain | Livermore | - | The Livermore COOP station recorded a new daily record rainfall of 0.67 inches for November 22. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Livermore | - | Flooding with road corrosion at Marina Ave and Arroyo Rd. |
| February 2017 | Debris Flow | Livermore | - | Slide blocking at least one lane EB 84 just west of Vallecitos. |
| December 2014 | Flood | Livermore | - | Flooding blocked two right lanes of Westbound Interstate 580 before North Livermore Avenue. |
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.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Bank of Italy | 0.2 miles | 1978 |
 | D. J. Murphy House | 0.2 miles | 1978 |
 | Hagemann Ranch Historic District | 1.6 miles | 2008 |
 | Ravenswood | 1.9 miles | 1979 |
| Livermore Veterans Administration Hospital, Building 62 | 3.7 miles | 2020 | |
 | John W. Kottinger Adobe Barn | 5.8 miles | 1985 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 11000876 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Alameda County | All 160 listed properties in this county. |
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