Built in 1931. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015. 20 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1896.
From the record
“Killefer School in Orange, California, was constructed in 1931 and listed in 2015 on the National Register of Historic Places administered by the National Park Service. The National Park Service notes the school's significance under Criterion A "as an example of institutional development associated with the early twentieth century growth of the Cypress Street Barrio in Orange".”
Wikipedia article Lydia D. Killefer School, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 136 National Register listings published here for Orange County · listed in 2015 · category: Building · built in 1931.
Also known as. Latinos in 20th Century California MPS; Latinos in 20th Century California MPS; Latinos in 20th Century California MPS
Census division. Anaheim-Santa Ana-Garden Grove
When was it built? 1931
National Register reference number. 15000123 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Then and now
1896 to 1983
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
18961983
Fires near this property
195 since 1998
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 195 fires within 5 miles of Lydia D. Killefer School
between 1998 and 2020, burning about 6,198 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 24 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
113
Arson/incendiarism
24
Equipment and vehicle use
21
Misuse of fire by a minor
15
Smoking
11
Debris and open burning
6
Natural
4
Power generation/transmission/distribution
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
6 September 2019
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
Orange County Fire Authority
not named
6 September 2009
Debris and open burning
1.0 acres
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
30 September 2019
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
Orange County Fire Authority
not named
30 September 2006
Debris and open burning
1.0 acres
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
27 September 2005
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
1.0 acres
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
26 September 2010
Misuse of fire by a minor
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
26 September 2006
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
100 acres
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
24 September 2016
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
28 workings within 5 miles of Lydia D. Killefer School: 22 past producers, 6 producers.
6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mercury, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Orange, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports in 2001: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
Witnesses reported hearing a loud roaring sound like a freight train, followed by 45 seconds of intense wind and heavy rain. A funnel cloud was sighted in the area following the wind damage. Damage consisted of roof shingles, skylights, and metal awnings being ripped off six structures, two 10 ft. by 15 ft. roll-up doors being blown in, several wooden fences knocked down, as well as telephone wires. An NWS meteorologist conducting a damage survey noted a cyclonic pattern in the debris.
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.
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.
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