Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. 22 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1892.
“The X-100 is an experimental steel house designed by A. Quincy Jones with his partner Frederick Emmons for Eichler Homes and built in 1956 at the San Mateo Highlands development in California.”
Wikipedia article X-100 (house), CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 63 National Register listings published here for San Mateo County · listed in 2016 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 105 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 283 fires within 5 miles of X-100 between 1992 and 2020, burning about 192 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 20 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 | 147 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 57 |
| Smoking | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
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 1999 | Natural | under an acre | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | SCARPER |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | PILARCITOS |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | not named |
| 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 |
| 5 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 4 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | BEL AIRE RD THE_HIGHLAND |
| 4 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 9.5 acres | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | CRYSTAL |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of X-100: 18 past producers, 17 producers, 1 unknown. 17 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Calcium, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redwood Material Co. | Manganese | Producer | ||
| Redwood Material Co. | Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Canada | Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Canada | Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Hilltop | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Hilltop | Calcium | Past Producer | ||
| Skyline Quarry | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Skyline Quarry | Calcium | Past Producer | ||
| Britton Ranch | Stone | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names San Mateo, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 1996 and 2018: 2 flood, 2 heavy rain, 1 hail. The reports record 1 death and 12 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1998 | Heavy Rain | San Mateo | 1 killed | heavy rain contributed to auto accident |
| January 1998 | Heavy Rain | San Mateo | 12 hurt | rain slick roads caused several auto accidents |
| January 2017 | Hail | San Mateo | $10 | Pea sized hail reported in Highlands Baywood Park. |
| April 2018 | Flood | San Mateo | - | US 101 at 3rd Ave on ramp, severe flooding in 1 lane. |
| December 1996 | Flood | San Mateo | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Arthur and Mona Hofmann House | 1.8 miles | 1991 |
 | Carolands, The | 2.3 miles | 1975 |
| Eugene J. De Sabla Jr. Teahouse and Tea Garden | 3.0 miles | 1992 | |
 | US Post Main Office-San Mateo | 3.3 miles | 1988 |
 | National Bank of San Mateo | 3.3 miles | 1997 |
 | Ernest Coxhead House | 3.3 miles | 2000 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 16000381 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| San Mateo County | All 63 listed properties in this county. |
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