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One of 24 National Register listings published here for Stanislaus County · listed in 2014 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Bald Eagle Ranch House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1916.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 511 Crawford Rd., Modesto, 95356
- When was it listed? January 2014
- Category. building
- Census division. Modesto
- National Register reference number. 13001069 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
407 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 407 fires within 5 miles of Bald Eagle Ranch House between 2005 and 2020, burning about 240 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 44 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 | 314 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 44 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Smoking | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | not named |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | not named |
| 7 September 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 4 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 4 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bald Eagle Ranch House: 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Riverbank Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Clay | Occurrence |
Storms near this property
10 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Modesto, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 6 flood, 2 funnel cloud, 2 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2006 | Flood | Modesto | $250,000 | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Tornado (F1) | Modesto | $15,000 | no account filed |
| March 2023 | Flood | West Modesto | - | Mudslide on SR 99 North and 6th onramp. Onramp closed. |
| December 2022 | Flood | West Modesto | - | CHP reported SR99 N and Kansas Ave onramp in Modesto flooding, with lanes 1 and 3 flooded. SR99 was closed in both directions through around midnight. |
| December 2022 | Flood | South Modesto | - | Second and third lanes completely flooded with 2 feet of water on Highway 99 and Tuolumne Boulevard off ramp. |
| December 2022 | Flood | West Modesto | - | Roadway flooding at Highway 99 and Kansas Avenue off ramp with 6 to 8 inches of water in the slow lane and right hand side of the road. |
| March 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Modesto | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Modesto | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Funnel Cloud | Modesto | - | no account filed |
| February 1996 | Flood | Modesto | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
10 surveysUnited 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.
- 1916 USGS Riverbank quadrangle1:31680 - 2 printings
- 1939 USGS Modesto East quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Modesto East quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Riverbank quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
- 1966 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Riverbank quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
- 1994 USGS Oakdale 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Robert and Mary Walton House | 2.0 miles | 2006 | |
 | Riverbank Branch Library | 3.1 miles | 1996 |
 | McHenry Mansion | 5.3 miles | 1978 |
 | Hotel Covell | 5.5 miles | 1994 |
 | U.S. Post Office | 5.5 miles | 1983 |
 | Walter B. Wood House | 5.5 miles | 1988 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 13001069 in Record Group 79. |
| Stanislaus County | All 24 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.