Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. 14 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1896.
From the record
“Drum Barracks was the Union Army's headquarters for Southern California and New Mexico during the Civil War. It consisted of 19 buildings on 60 acres in what is now Wilmington, with another 37 acres near the waterfront.”
Wikipedia article Drum Barracks, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 616 National Register listings published here for Los Angeles County · listed in 1971 · category: Building.
National Register reference number.71000161- the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Then and now
1896 to 1901
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
5 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
18961901
Fires near this property
192 since 2005
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 192 fires within 5 miles of Drum Barracks
between 2005 and 2020, burning about 120 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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
107
Smoking
30
Equipment and vehicle use
22
Misuse of fire by a minor
13
Arson/incendiarism
9
Debris and open burning
8
Recreation and ceremony
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
8 September 2008
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
6 September 2011
Equipment and vehicle use
under an acre
Los Angeles County Fire Department
not named
5 September 2011
Smoking
under an acre
Los Angeles County Fire Department
not named
4 September 2005
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
3 September 2006
Misuse of fire by a minor
5.0 acres
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
29 September 2008
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
26 September 2005
Equipment and vehicle use
1.0 acres
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
24 September 2006
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
8 workings within 5 miles of Drum Barracks: 7 past producers, 1 producer.
1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Limestone, General, Dolomite. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
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.
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