Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. 18 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1897.
From the record
“The Casa de Rancho Cucamonga, commonly known as the John Rains House, is a historic house located at 8810 Hemlock St. in Rancho Cucamonga, California. The house was built in 1860-1861 after John Rains purchased the Rancho Cucamonga land grant in 1858 from the Tapia estate.”
Wikipedia article John Rains House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 98 National Register listings published here for San Bernardino County · listed in 1973 · category: Building.
National Register reference number.73000428- 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
1897 to 1982
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
18971982
Fires near this property
230 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 230 fires within 5 miles of John Rains House
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,927 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 30 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
113
Equipment and vehicle use
35
Arson/incendiarism
30
Misuse of fire by a minor
19
Smoking
16
Recreation and ceremony
8
Debris and open burning
6
Natural
1
Power generation/transmission/distribution
1
Fireworks
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 2011
Arson/incendiarism
under an acre
San Bernardino Unit
not named
9 September 1994
Misuse of fire by a minor
110 acres
San Bernardino National Forest
AMETHYST
6 September 2006
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
6 September 1995
Misuse of fire by a minor
1.0 acres
San Bernardino Unit
BANYAN
4 September 2020
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
1.0 acres
San Bernardino Unit
not named
4 September 2006
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
30 September 2010
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
29 September 2006
Misuse of fire by a minor
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 Rains House: 7 past producers, 2 occurrences.
None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Tungsten, Gold, Silver. 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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