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One of 35 National Register listings published here for Placer County · listed in 2012 · category: Site.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
California Granite Company
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1891.
The listing
- Address. 5255 Pacific St., Rocklin, 95677
- When was it listed? July 2012
- Category. site
- Census division. Rocklin
- National Register reference number. 12000375 - 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.
Fires near this property
757 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 757 fires within 5 miles of California Granite Company between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,839 acres in total. None started naturally. 66 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 | 379 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 173 |
| Smoking | 68 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 66 |
| Debris and open burning | 36 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 17 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | not named |
| 8 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 8 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | WHITNEY |
| 8 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | BICHEL |
| 7 September 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | COLLEGE |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 71 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 71 workings within 5 miles of California Granite Company: 24 unknowns, 22 occurrences, 13 producers, 12 past producers. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Olean Colfax Mine | Clay, Stone | Producer | ||
| Reported Occurrence | Quartz | Occurrence | Sand | |
| Union Granite Co. | Stone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Loomis Quarry | Stone, Granite | Producer | ||
| Rocklin Quarries | Stone, Granite | Producer | ||
| Unidentified Quarries | Stone, Granite | Occurrence | ||
| Loomis Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone | Unknown | ||
| Rocklin Quarry | Granite, Stone | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarries | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Collet Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
3 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rocklin, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 2 heavy rain, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2025 | Flood | Rocklin | - | California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding from heavy rain of the westbound lanes on Sunset Boulevard. |
| January 2017 | Heavy Rain | Rocklin | - | There was 2.00 of rainfall estimated over 24 hours. Clover Valley Creek rose to the top of its banks and extended into portions of Clover Valley Park. |
| May 2015 | Heavy Rain | Rocklin | - | Heavy rain fell for 20 minutes. |
Maps showing this location
12 surveysUnited 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.
- 1891 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:125000 - 5 printings
- 1893 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:125000
- 1944 USGS Auburn quadrangle1:62500 - 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Auburn quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Rocklin quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
- 1967 USGS Rocklin quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
- 1994 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Carnegie Library | 3.6 miles | 2009 |
 | Haman House | 4.0 miles | 1976 |
 | Griffith Quarry | 5.7 miles | 1977 |
 | Griffith House | 5.7 miles | 1978 |
| Fiddyment Ranch Main Complex | 7.5 miles | 2010 | |
 | Woman's Club of Lincoln | 7.6 miles | 2001 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 12000375 in Record Group 79. |
| Placer County | All 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.