Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1914.
“The Dixie Schoolhouse is a historic one-room schoolhouse located in San Rafael, Marin County, Northern California. It was built in 1864, in the Victorian Italianate style.”
Wikipedia article Dixie Schoolhouse, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 50 National Register listings published here for Marin County · listed in 1972 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Dixie Schoolhouse between 2005 and 2020, burning about 155 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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 | 91 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 30 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 3 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 29 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Marin County Fire Department | not named |
| 28 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 26 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 26 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 24 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Marin County Fire Department | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Dixie Schoolhouse: 6 unknowns, 3 occurrences, 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patent Brick Company | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Forbes Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Hotaling | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Hotaling | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Knutte | Manganese | Producer | Psilomelane | |
| Knutte Deposit | Manganese | Unknown | 1942 | |
| Mount Tamalpais Cemetery Quarry | Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Highway 20 Site | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names San Rafael, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 1996 and 2018: 2 flood, 2 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2017 | Flood | San Rafael | - | Sea water breached San Rafael Marina and flooded parking lot. |
| November 2017 | Hail | San Rafael | - | Storm spotter reported small hail at residence. |
| March 2018 | Hail | San Rafael | - | no account filed |
| December 2002 | Flood | San Rafael | - | no account filed |
| February 1996 | Heavy Rain | San Rafael | - | no account filed |
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.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Marin County Civic Center | 2.2 miles | 1991 |
 | Hamilton Army Air Field Discontiguous Historic District | 2.4 miles | 1998 |
 | Robert Dollar House | 3.4 miles | 1991 |
 | Bradford House | 3.7 miles | 1980 |
| Robert Dollar Estate | 3.7 miles | 1972 | |
 | San Rafael Improvement Club | 3.8 miles | 1984 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 72000236 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Marin County | All 50 listed properties in this county. |
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