BlockFrom the record
One of 35 National Register listings published here for Placer County · listed in 1972 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Outlet Gates and Gatekeeper's Cabin
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1891.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building, 1 site, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Address. U.S. 89 at mouth of Truckee River, Tahoe City, 96145
- When was it listed? December 1972
- Category. district
- Census division. Lake Tahoe
- National Register reference number. 72000245 - 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
216 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 216 fires within 5 miles of Outlet Gates and Gatekeeper's Cabin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 62 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 4 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 | 59 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 56 |
| Natural | 28 |
| Smoking | 24 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
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 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | LANNY |
| 9 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | TIGER TAIL RD SQUAW_VALL |
| 9 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | 64 ACRES |
| 9 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | ANN |
| 8 September 2001 | Other causes | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | MERTENS |
| 6 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | WATSON |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | RESORT |
| 5 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | OLD |
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Outlet Gates and Gatekeeper's Cabin: 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Squaw Valley Grayel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Prospects | Gold | Prospect |
Storms near this property
18 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tahoe City, the town this property stands in, in 18 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 16 heavy rain, 1 waterspout, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2005 | Flood | Tahoe City | $1,000,000 | Localized flooding was reported across eastern Placer County, especially on Blackwood and Ward Creeks, and the Truckee River. Blackwood Creek rose to its second highest level in the last 45 years. |
| February 2025 | Heavy Rain | Tahoe City | - | A CO-OP Observer station (TAHC1) located at Tahoe City, CA, and a trained spotter located 1.0 mi NE of Carnelian Bay, CA, reported 24 hour rainfall totals of 1.4 inches and 0.93 inches respectively. |
| February 2025 | Heavy Rain | Tahoe City | - | A CO-OP Observer station (TAHC1) located at Tahoe City, CA, reported a 24 hour rainfall total of 1.39 inches. |
| November 2024 | Heavy Rain | Tahoe City | - | A CO-OP Observer located at Tahoe City(TAHC1), CA, reported a 24 hour rainfall total of 1.16 inches. |
| March 2019 | Heavy Rain | Tahoe City | - | A CO-OP Observer in Tahoe City reported 0.83 inches of rainfall in a 24 hour period from 27 March 0700PST to 28 March 0700PST. Observer elevation 6230 feet MSL. |
| January 2019 | Heavy Rain | Tahoe City | - | CO-OP observer in Tahoe City reported 1.91 inches of rainfall in a 24 hour period from 16 January 0800PST to 17 January 0800PST. |
| January 2019 | Heavy Rain | Tahoe City | - | Mesonet THOC1 1 mile west of Tahoe City reported 1.27 inches of rainfall in a 24 hour period from 16 January 0837PST to 17 January 0837PST. Mesonet elevation 6772 feet MSL. |
| December 2019 | Heavy Rain | Tahoe City | - | CO-OP observer at Tahoe City reported 3.07 inches of rainfall in a 48-hour period from 1 December 0700PST to 3 December 0700PST. Station elevation of 6230 ft MSL. |
| December 2019 | Heavy Rain | Tahoe City | - | CO-OP Observer station TAHC1 in Tahoe City reported 1.16 inches of rainfall in a 24-hour period from 7 December 0907PST to 8 December 0907PST at an elevation of 6230 feet MSL. 2 inches of snowfall was also reported during this time period. |
| May 2019 | Heavy Rain | Tahoe City | - | Co-Op Observer in Tahoe City measured 0.77 inches of rainfall in a 24 hour period from 15 May 0600PST to 16 May 0600PST. Observer elevation 6230 feet MSL. |
| March 2018 | Heavy Rain | Tahoe City | - | Mesonet station THOC1, Tahoe City reported 0.70 inches of rain from 13 March 0700PST to 14 March 0400PST. |
| April 2018 | Heavy Rain | Tahoe City | - | COOP observer in Tahoe City measured 1.71 inches of rainfall in a 24 hour period from 6 April 1052PST to 7 April 1052PST. |
| May 2018 | Heavy Rain | Tahoe City | - | COOP observer in Tahoe City measured 1.72 inches of rainfall in a 24-hour period from 24 May 0918PST to 25 May 0918PST. |
| November 2017 | Heavy Rain | Tahoe City | - | A trained weather spotter reported 5.41 inches of rain from 15 November 0800PST to 16 November 0800PST. |
| May 2009 | Heavy Rain | Tahoe City | - | Rainfall amounts from the evening of May 1st through the morning of May 3rd totaled over 2.00 inches at some locations:||Ward Creek SNOTEL near Alpine Meadows, 2.80 inches; |3 miles ENE of Alpine Meadows, 2.00 inches; |3 miles east of Donner Peak, 1.99 inches; |Squaw Valley SNOTEL, 1.70 inches; and |Tahoe City, 1.22 inches. |
| February 2006 | Heavy Rain | Tahoe City | - | A total of 6.18 inches of rain was reported at Alpine Meadows Ski Resort base (elevation 6910 ft). |
| February 2006 | Heavy Rain | Tahoe City | - | A total of 4.57 inches of rain fell at Squaw Valley High Camp (elevation 8200 ft). |
| September 1998 | Waterspout | Tahoe City | - | Estimated eleven waterspouts reported over Lake Tahoe by various spotters on the north shore of the lake. |
Maps showing this location
11 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 Truckee quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Truckee quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Truckee quadrangle1:125000 - 9 printings
- 1932 USGS Truckee quadrangle1:96000
- 1940 USGS Truckee quadrangle1:125000 - 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Tahoe quadrangle1:62500 - 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Tahoe City quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Truckee quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Tahoe City quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
Listed places nearby
4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Lake Tahoe Dam | under 500 feet | 1981 |
 | Watson Log Cabin | 0.4 miles | 1979 |
 | Chapel of the Transfiguration | 0.9 miles | 2011 |
| Laura Russ Westphal House | 2.8 miles | 2025 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 72000245 in Record Group 79. |
| Placer County | All 35 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.