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Richard Nixon Birthplace
A National Historic Landmark. Built in 1912 (California bungalow). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. 19 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1896.
From the record
“The birthplace and early childhood home of Richard Nixon, the 37th president of the United States is located on the grounds of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, California, and serves as a historic house museum.”
Wikipedia article Birthplace of Richard Nixon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 136 National Register listings published here for Orange County · listed in 1971 · category: Building · built in 1912, California bungalow · a National Historic Landmark.
National Register reference number.71000171- 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 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
102 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Richard Nixon Birthplace
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 31,982 acres in total. 2 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
44
Arson/incendiarism
24
Equipment and vehicle use
17
Smoking
7
Misuse of fire by a minor
6
Natural
2
Recreation and ceremony
1
Debris and open burning
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
4 September 2010
Arson/incendiarism
10 acres
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
27 September 2010
Equipment and vehicle use
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
25 September 2004
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
35 acres
Orange County Fire Authority
CARBON FIRE
1 September 2005
Arson/incendiarism
1.0 acres
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
30 August 2018
Misuse of fire by a minor
1.5 acres
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
30 August 2014
Equipment and vehicle use
under an acre
Orange County Fire Authority
not named
27 August 2016
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
25 August 2005
Equipment and vehicle use
3.1 acres
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
10 workings within 5 miles of Richard Nixon Birthplace: 7 past producers, 3 producers.
3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
Yorba Linda, the town this property stands in, in 13 storm reports between 2001 and 2023: 4 flash flood, 2 wildfire, 2 flood, 2 hail.
The reports record 2 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.
A spotter 4 miles ESE of Yorba Linda reported trees down, bark peeled off trees and post office drop boxed flipped near Weir Canyon and the 91 freeway.||High winds were reported at the Fremont Canyon RAWS between 1251 and 1351 PST on the 13th with a peak gust of 63 mph.||The area was surveyed for possible tornado damage but only evidence of straight line wind was observed.
A high precipitation supercell moving at approximately 45 mph through northern Orange County dropped 3/4 inch hail in Yorba Linda. The storm left the San Diego CWA and later dropped even larger hail near Pasadena.
United States Geological Survey topographic
sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, 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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