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Martinez Historical District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1904.

From the record

One of 90 National Register listings published here for Riverside County · listed in 1973 · category: District.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 buildingss, 1 site, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Off SR 86, Torres-Martinez Indian Reservation, 92274
  • When was it listed? May 1973
  • Category. district
  • Census division. Coachella Valley
  • National Register reference number. 73000425 - 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

606 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 606 fires within 5 miles of Martinez Historical District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,980 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 62 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/undetermined346
Debris and open burning79
Arson/incendiarism62
Equipment and vehicle use50
Recreation and ceremony21
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Smoking19
Natural6
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside Unit5TH ST / HOME AV
9 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL
9 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresRiverside UnitLOCAL
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRiverside UnitHOME AV / 5TH ST
7 September 2000Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictLOCAL
6 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionHARRISON ST THER
6 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 2716
5 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreRiverside UnitHOME AV / 5TH ST

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Maps showing this location

12 surveys

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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 73000425 in Record Group 79.
Riverside CountyAll 90 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.