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One of 63 National Register listings published here for San Mateo County · listed in 2015 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015. 22 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1897.
One of 63 National Register listings published here for San Mateo County · listed in 2015 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 244 fires within 5 miles of John Dielmann House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 98 acres in total. None started naturally. 21 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 | 146 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 33 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Smoking | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | NB HWY 280 / EDGEWOOD OF |
| 6 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | EDGEWOOD |
| 6 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | OYSTER POINT |
| 6 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | PIPE |
| 5 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | not named |
| 5 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 4 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | N HWY 280 / EDGEWOOD 57 |
| 4 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 43 workings within 5 miles of John Dielmann House: 21 producers, 19 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence. 21 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Mercury, Salt. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ideal Cement Company | Limestone, General, Clay | Producer | ||
| Palo Alto Sewage Sludge | Gold, Silver, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Copper, Tin, Palladium | Occurrence | Ash | |
| Redwood City Operation | Halite | Producer | ||
| Granite Rock | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Granite Rock | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kaiser Gypsum | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Kaiser Gypsum | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Redwood Material Co. | Manganese | Producer | ||
| Redwood Material Co. | Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Redwood City Operation | Salt | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Redwood City, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 3 heavy rain, 1 hail, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2022 | Heavy Rain | Redwood City | - | Redwood City with 4.47. ||12/31/2022 was the 3rd wettest in a record that goes back to 1906. The daily rainfall made up 42.8% of December 2022's rainfall.||The wettest day on record at Redwood City was back on 10/13/1962 with 4.88 inches. |
| August 2020 | Lightning | Redwood City | - | Lightning struck a redwood tree in Redwood City https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/08/16/lightning-from-rare-bay-area-thunderstorm-leaves-damage-in-its-wake/. |
| January 2019 | Hail | Redwood City | - | Small thunderstorm cell moved just south of Redwood City. Public reported small hail. |
| February 2015 | Heavy Rain | Redwood City | - | A 72 hour rainfall total of 5.43 inches was measured from Emerald Lake Hills at elevation 472 feet. This was the highest storm total in San Mateo County. |
| March 1996 | Heavy Rain (F0) | Redwood City | - | no account filed |
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.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
![]() | John Offerman House | under 500 feet | 2015 |
![]() | Redwood City Historic Commercial Buildings | 0.2 miles | 1977 |
![]() | New Sequoia Theater Building | 0.2 miles | 1994 |
![]() | San Mateo County Courthouse | 0.3 miles | 1977 |
![]() | Lathrop House | 0.3 miles | 1973 |
| Sequoia Union High School | 0.5 miles | 1995 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 15000681 in Record Group 79. |
| San Mateo County | All 63 listed properties in this county. |