Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1904.
“The Kenaston House is a historic building located in Rancho Mirage, California. The building is a fine example of the residences that master architect E.”
Wikipedia article Kenaston House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 90 National Register listings published here for Riverside County · listed in 2016 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 37 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 596 fires within 5 miles of Kenaston House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,911 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 60 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 | 312 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 90 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 60 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 42 |
| Smoking | 42 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | MONTEREY AV / SAGEWOOD DR |
| 7 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Coachella Valley National Wildlife Refuge | LOCAL |
| 6 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Riverside Unit | ONE QUAIL PLACE APT PDES |
| 6 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL |
| 5 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | LOCAL |
| 5 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Coachella Valley National Wildlife Refuge | VEH FIRE |
| 4 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | SAN PASQUAL AV PDES |
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,926 acres | Riverside Unit | AVENIDA LAS PALMAS RANM |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Kenaston House: 4 occurrences, 4 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Tungsten, Asbestos, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron Marble Co. | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Serpentine Hill | Asbestos | Occurrence | ||
| Cottonwood | Tungsten | Occurrence | Scheelite | |
| Magnesium Canyon Tungsten Mine | Tungsten | Occurrence | Scheelite | |
| Magnesium Canyon Tungsten Mine | Tungsten | Prospect | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Southwest Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rancho Mirage, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 2 flash flood, 1 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Flash Flood | Rancho Mirage | $20,000 | Calle de Los Campesinos road was partially washed out. 1 inch of rain and large hail occurred in about 60 minutes. This location is just west of State Route 74 in Palm Desert. |
| July 1999 | Flood | Rancho Mirage | $20,000 | Heavy rains from thunderstorms flooded four apartments in Cathedral City with 3 inches of water, and streets and sidewalks in Palm Desert and Rancho Mirage with several inches to two feet of water. Lightning also caused power outages to over 10,000 customers throughout the Coachella Valley. |
| July 2001 | Lightning | Rancho Mirage | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Rancho Mirage | - | A spotter reported 1.24 inches of rain fell in 35 minutes near the intersection of Highway 111 and Indian Trail Road in Rancho Mirage, resulting in 1 foot of water in the roadway at the gutters. The Century Theatre at The River in Rancho Mirage also evacuated movie-goers due to flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Miles C. Bates House | 3.2 miles | 2018 |
| Arthur Elrod House | 5.8 miles | 2016 | |
| Sandcliff | 6.4 miles | 2025 | |
| Palm Springs Municipal Airport Terminal | 6.8 miles | 2021 | |
 | Palm Springs City Hall | 6.9 miles | 2015 |
 | Palm Springs Unified School District Educational Administrative Center | 7.1 miles | 2016 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 16000887 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Riverside County | All 90 listed properties in this county. |
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