Santa Margarita Ranchhouse

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. 17 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1901.

From the record

One of 148 National Register listings published here for San Diego County · listed in 1971 · category: Building.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. Off Vandergrift Blvd., Camp Pendleton, 92058
When was it listed? May 1971
Category. building
Census division. Camp Pendleton
National Register reference number. 71000180 - 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

1901 to 1904

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 3 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Santa Margarita Ranchhouse, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheet covering Santa Margarita Ranchhouse, surveyed 1901

Fires near this property

62 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Santa Margarita Ranchhouse between 1992 and 2020, burning about 22,105 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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	38
Equipment and vehicle use	10
Arson/incendiarism	5
Debris and open burning	5
Smoking	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	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 2011	Arson/incendiarism	2.4 acres	San Diego Unit	not named
6 September 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
30 September 2016	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
29 September 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
28 September 2016	Smoking	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
26 September 2016	Smoking	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
26 September 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
22 September 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	120 acres	Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton	HAYBARN

Every fire recorded in San Diego County

Mines and quarries near this property

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Santa Margarita Ranchhouse: 4 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Unnamed Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Vandegrift Boulevard Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Decomposed Granite Pit	Granite	Producer
Decomposed Granite Pit	Granite	Past Producer
Schier Clay Deposit	Clay	Past Producer
Schier Clay Deposits	Clay	Prospect	Sedimentary

Every working recorded in San Diego County

Maps showing this location

17 surveys

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.

1901 USGS San Luis Rey quadrangle1:125000 - 8 printings
1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 2 quadrangle1:250000 - 5 printings
1941 USGS Margarita Peak quadrangle1:62500
1942 USGS Margarita Peak quadrangle1:62500
1944 USGS Margarita Peak quadrangle1:62500
1944 USGS Morro Hill quadrangle1:31680
1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
1948 USGS Morro Hill quadrangle1:24000
1949 USGS Morro Hill quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Margarita Peak quadrangle1:62500
1956 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
1960 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1965 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
1968 USGS Morro Hill quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
1982 USGS Oceanside quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings

Listed places nearby

5 within 8 miles

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.

Property	Distance	Listed
San Luis Rey Mission Church	5.5 miles	1970
Las Flores Adobe	6.7 miles	1968
Rosicrucian Fellowship Temple	7.0 miles	1995
Las Flores Estancia	7.0 miles	1993
Rancho Guajome Adobe	7.4 miles	1970

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 71000180 in Record Group 79.
San Diego County	All 148 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

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.