BlockFrom the record
One of 24 National Register listings published here for Butte County · listed in 1972 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Centerville Schoolhouse
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1891.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 2 mi. NE of Paradise on Humbug Rd., Paradise, 95928
- When was it listed? March 1972
- Category. building
- Census division. Paradise
- National Register reference number. 72000219 - 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.
Fires near this property
695 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 695 fires within 5 miles of Centerville Schoolhouse between 1992 and 2020, burning about 39,982 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 112 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 | 258 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 139 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 112 |
| Debris and open burning | 81 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 46 |
| Smoking | 22 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 17 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Butte Unit | NEAL |
| 9 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 9 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Northern California District | NIMSHEW |
| 8 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Northern California District | UNNAMED FIRE 3610 |
| 8 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Northern California District | FLUME |
| 8 September 2001 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Northern California District | STEIFFER |
| 7 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northern California District | CARNEGIE |
| 7 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Northern California District | PINES |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 61 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 61 workings within 5 miles of Centerville Schoolhouse: 26 past producers, 19 unknowns, 11 occurrences, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Chromium, 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mineral Slide Deposit | Iron, Manganese, Chromium | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Nimshew | Gold, Platinum | Producer | 1848 | |
| S and D | Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Kemen Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Kennedy Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Sake and Sanders Rock Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Sake and Sanders Rock Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Helmke | Chromium | Unknown | ||
| Helmke Occurrence | Chromium | Past Producer | Chromite | |
| Lambert Mine | Chromium | Past Producer | 1917 |
Storms near this property
6 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Paradise, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 2001 and 2021: 2 hail, 2 heavy rain, 1 lightning, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2009 | Lightning | Paradise | $10,000 | Lighting struck a dentist office, damaging a swamp cooler on the roof, the office computer, and the phone system. |
| October 2021 | Heavy Rain | Paradise | - | Heavy rain and flooding was reported in Butte County. Paradise reported 10.09 inches of storm total rain and 9.09 inches east of Deadwood. A daily rainfall record was also set at 4.57 inches at Oroville Airport. |
| May 2019 | Flood | Paradise | - | Social media reported local street flooding. |
| December 2016 | Heavy Rain | Paradise | - | A CC-OP observere reported heavy rain, 3.45 24 hour total. |
| February 2001 | Hail | Paradise | - | no account filed |
| February 2001 | Hail | Paradise | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
8 surveysUnited 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.
- 1891 USGS Chico quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Chico quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Chico quadrangle1:125000 - 8 printings
- 1953 USGS Paradise quadrangle1:62500 - 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Chico quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Paradise West quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
Listed places nearby
2 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Magalia Community Church | 4.4 miles | 1982 |
 | Honey Run Covered Bridge | 4.8 miles | 1988 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 72000219 in Record Group 79. |
| Butte County | All 24 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.