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Photograph of George and Eliza Withington House
Photograph by KarenTeague, CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

George and Eliza Withington House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015. 14 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1889.

From the record

One of 22 National Register listings published here for Amador County · listed in 2015 · category: Building.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Withington, George and Eliza, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 10 Welch Ln., Ione, 95640
  • When was it listed? January 2015
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Ione
  • National Register reference number. 14001148 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Then and now

1889 to 1993

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering George and Eliza Withington House, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet covering George and Eliza Withington House, surveyed 1889

Fires near this property

247 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 247 fires within 5 miles of George and Eliza Withington House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,541 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined97
Equipment and vehicle use80
Debris and open burning30
Arson/incendiarism11
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking4
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Other causes3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 1999Natural10 acresAmador-El Dorado Unit0WENS
9 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitTWIN
7 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitSUTTER
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresAmador-El Dorado Unit124
7 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral California DistrictBUENA
6 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitPOND
5 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitJACKSON
5 September 2009Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitHY

Every fire recorded in Amador County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 164 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 164 workings within 5 miles of George and Eliza Withington House: 56 occurrences, 36 producers, 28 unknowns, 25 past producers. 36 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Gold, Copper, Chromium. 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
Amador Lime RockLimestone, GeneralProducer
FancherGold, ClayProducer
HaywardCopper, Silver, Gold, ZincPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
IoneCopper, Gold, Silver, Zinc, AntimonyPast ProducerStibnite
Ione ClaysIron, Silica, Aluminum, Water, FreePast ProducerSurface
Ione Pit and MillZirconium, Titanium, KaolinProducer1954
MooneyGemstone, QuartzOccurrence
MooneyGemstoneProspect
NewtonCopper, Silver, Gold, Lead, ZincPast Producer1863
NewtonCopper, Gold, SilverPast ProducerUnderground

Every working recorded in Amador County

Storms near this property

1 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ione, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 funnel cloud. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2023Funnel CloudIone-The public reported a funnel cloud near Ione.

Every storm recorded in Amador County

Maps showing this location

14 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.

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
C.W. Swain House0.3 miles2014
Ione City Centenary Church0.3 miles1977
Preston Castle0.5 miles1975
Preston School of Industry0.7 miles2024
Five Mile Drive-Sutter Creek Bridge1.3 miles1986
Scully Ranch1.5 miles1978

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 14001148 in Record Group 79.
Amador CountyAll 22 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.