BlockFrom the record
One of 24 National Register listings published here for Yolo County · listed in 1972 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Canon School
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1905.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 0.5 mi. N of Brooks, Brooks, 95607
- When was it listed? June 1972
- Category. building
- Census division. Esparto
- National Register reference number. 72000264 - 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
1905 to 1924The ground this property stands on, surveyed 19 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Fires near this property
177 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 177 fires within 5 miles of Canon School between 1992 and 2018, burning about 4,216 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 97 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | CAPAY |
| 8 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | HWY 16 CAPAY |
| 5 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | 85 |
| 5 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | ORCHARD |
| 4 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | SIXTEEN |
| 30 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | CAPAY #3 |
| 30 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | CAPAY #1 |
| 30 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | CAPAY #4 |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Canon School: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Calcium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Location | Calcium | Occurrence |
Maps showing this location
13 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.
- 1905 USGS Esparto quadrangle1:24000
- 1916 USGS Esparto quadrangle1:31680 - 2 printings
- 1924 USGS Capay quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Capay quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Capay quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Esparto quadrangle1:24000 - 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Lake Berryessa quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Healdsburg quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 72000264 in Record Group 79. |
| Yolo 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.