Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. 19 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1895.
From the record
“Forts Baker, Barry, and Cronkhite near Sausalito, California is a combination of historic sites that, as a group, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1973. Fort Barry was constructed in 1900-1901 with 5 gun batteries, and Fort Cronkhite was built in 1914 following lengthy negotiations between the US Army and the state of California.”
Wikipedia article Forts Baker, Barry, and Cronkhite, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 50 National Register listings published here for Marin County · listed in 1973 · category: District.
National Register reference number.73000255- 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
1895 to 1995
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
18951995
Fires near this property
217 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 217 fires within 5 miles of Forts Baker, Barry, and Cronkhite
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 608 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 7 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
85
Recreation and ceremony
67
Smoking
17
Equipment and vehicle use
11
Misuse of fire by a minor
9
Fireworks
7
Arson/incendiarism
7
Natural
5
Power generation/transmission/distribution
4
Debris and open burning
3
Other causes
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 1994
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
DOYLE5
8 September 2011
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
Marin County Fire Department
not named
8 September 2009
Smoking
200 acres
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
12 workings within 5 miles of Forts Baker, Barry, and Cronkhite: 6 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 prospect.
2 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gemstone, Gold, Manganese. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Sausalito, the town this property stands in, in 11 storm reports between 2017 and 2023: 7 debris flow, 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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.
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.
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.
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.
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