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Weaverville Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1890.

From the record

One of 4 National Register listings published here for Trinity County · listed in 1971 · category: District.

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

The listing

  • Address. Both sides of Main St., Weaverville, 96093
  • When was it listed? October 1971
  • Category. district
  • Census division. Weaverville
  • National Register reference number. 71000209 - 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

1890 to 1998

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 108 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Weaverville Historic District, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet covering Weaverville Historic District, surveyed 1890

Fires near this property

187 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 187 fires within 5 miles of Weaverville Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,178 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined52
Equipment and vehicle use40
Natural33
Debris and open burning21
Smoking10
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Arson/incendiarism10
Recreation and ceremony6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Firearms and explosives use1
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2015Other causesunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitE WEAVER CREEK RD WEAVER
9 September 1998Natural1.0 acresNorthern California DistrictLIGHTNING 36
8 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use35 acresNorthern California DistrictBROWNS
7 September 2017Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestLITTLE
4 September 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresShasta-Trinity UnitGARDEN 3
30 September 2003Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresNorthern California DistrictSHU LITTLE
29 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern California DistrictTUCKER
28 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitBROWNS

Every fire recorded in Trinity County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 99 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 99 workings within 5 miles of Weaverville Historic District: 48 past producers, 34 unknowns, 11 occurrences, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Molybdenum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Browns Mountain SoapstoneTalc-SoapstoneUnknown
JuneGold, Silver, CopperProducer
Limekiln GulchLimestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
UnnamedArsenicOccurrence
UnnamedTinOccurrence
Democrat GroupGold, Lead, ArsenicPast ProducerGold
Gifford MineGold, Lead, ArsenicPast ProducerGalena, Gold
LowdenMolybdenumOccurrenceUnknown
LowdenMolybdenumOccurrenceVein
Arbuckle BrosSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Trinity County

Storms near this property

2 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Weaverville, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 2001 and 2021: 1 wildfire, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2001WildfireWeaverville$3,500,000no account filed
July 2021Thunderstorm WindWeaverville$30,000Thunderstorm wind damage 3 miles south of Weaverville. Roads were blocked due to tree damage. Power was out as well. Measured gust from RAWS station was 43 mph. City property was also damaged due to wind driven hail.

Every storm recorded in Trinity County

Maps showing this location

9 surveys

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.

Listed places nearby

1 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Lewiston Historic District7.3 miles1989

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 71000209 in Record Group 79.
Trinity CountyAll 4 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.
  • 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.