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Monte Vista and Diamond Mountain Vineyard

Built in 1896. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1927.

From the record

“The Monte Vista and Diamond Mountain Vineyard, at 2121 Diamond Mountain Rd. in Calistoga, California, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. The listing included five contributing buildings and a contributing site.”

Wikipedia article Monte Vista and Diamond Mountain Vineyard, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 88 National Register listings published here for Napa County · listed in 2013 · category: Building · built in 1896.

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

The listing

  • Address. 2121 Diamond Mountain Rd., Calistoga, 94515
  • When was it listed? January 2013
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Calistoga
  • When was it built? 1896
  • National Register reference number. 12001144 - 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

1927 to 1997

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 70 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Monte Vista and Diamond Mountain Vineyard, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet covering Monte Vista and Diamond Mountain Vineyard, surveyed 1927

Fires near this property

220 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 220 fires within 5 miles of Monte Vista and Diamond Mountain Vineyard between 1992 and 2020, burning about 104,832 acres in total. None 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/undetermined90
Equipment and vehicle use61
Debris and open burning33
Power generation/transmission/distribution15
Arson/incendiarism14
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSPRING
7 September 1992Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitCLOVER
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitFRANZ
6 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSPRING WHITE 2
6 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitTOOHEY
4 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHOFACKET
3 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use1.3 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSAINT
29 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBENTLEY

Every fire recorded in Napa County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Monte Vista and Diamond Mountain Vineyard: 13 occurrences, 7 prospects, 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mercury, Manganese, Stone, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
CalistogaGeothermalUnknown
PalisadeSilver, Gold, Lead, Copper, MercuryPast Producer
Palisade MineSilver, Gold, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Search GroupCopperOccurrence
Silverado-Palisade DepositGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Arsenic, Antimony, Zinc, MercuryPast Producer1858
Porter Creek RoadSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Porter Creek RoadSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Clark and March Kaolin MineClayProspectSedimentary
Clark and Marsh KaolinClayOccurrence
Clark and Marsh Kaolin MineClayProspectSedimentary

Every working recorded in Napa County

Storms near this property

3 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Calistoga, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 1996 and 2017: 1 flood, 1 debris flow, 1 hail. The reports record 1 death. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 1996FloodCalistoga1 killedno account filed
February 2017Debris FlowCalistoga-Mud/rocks on Petrified Forest Rd/SR128.
June 2017HailCalistoga-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Napa County

Maps showing this location

13 surveys

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.

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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Chateau Pacheteau1.0 miles2015
James H. Francis House1.9 miles1979
Judge Augustus C. Palmer House2.0 miles1979
Mount View Hotel2.1 miles1982
Napa Valley Railroad Depot2.1 miles1977
Schramsberg Vineyard2.2 miles1998

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 12001144 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Napa CountyAll 88 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.