Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1894.
From the record
“Rowland House in the City of Industry, California, was built in 1855. Rowland, a member of the Workman-Rowland party and co-leader of the first American group of settlers to reach Southern California in 1841.”
Wikipedia article John A. Rowland House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 616 National Register listings published here for Los Angeles County · listed in 1973 · category: Building.
National Register reference number.73000403- 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
1894 to 1982
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
18941982
Fires near this property
378 since 2005
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 378 fires within 5 miles of John A. Rowland House
between 2005 and 2020, burning about 239 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 43 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
239
Arson/incendiarism
43
Equipment and vehicle use
30
Smoking
30
Misuse of fire by a minor
23
Debris and open burning
11
Power generation/transmission/distribution
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 2018
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
8 September 2009
Misuse of fire by a minor
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
7 September 2007
Equipment and vehicle use
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
7 September 2007
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
1.0 acres
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
4 September 2010
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
4 September 2008
Smoking
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
4 September 2006
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
4 September 2006
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
9 workings within 5 miles of John A. Rowland House: 4 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 prospect.
2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Geothermal, Calcium. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
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.
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.
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