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Photograph of Charles Krug Winery
Photograph by Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Charles Krug Winery

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1942.

From the record

“The Charles Krug Winery is a winery founded by Charles Krug in 1861. It was named to the National Register of Historic Places on November 8, 1974.”

Wikipedia article Charles Krug Winery, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 88 National Register listings published here for Napa County · listed in 1974 · category: Building.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Krug, Charles, Winery - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. St. Helena Hwy., St. Helena, 94574
  • When was it listed? November 1974
  • Category. building
  • Census division. St. Helena
  • National Register reference number. 74000542 - 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

251 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 251 fires within 5 miles of Charles Krug Winery between 1992 and 2020, burning about 68,244 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined100
Equipment and vehicle use70
Debris and open burning42
Arson/incendiarism14
Smoking11
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural3

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
8 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSPRING
8 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitWEST
6 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSPRING WHITE 2
5 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSMOKEY OAK
4 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHOFACKET
28 September 2007Smokingunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitLAS POSADAS RD ANGWIN 22
28 September 1998Smokingunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitWILSON
28 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitWHITEHALL

Every fire recorded in Napa County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Charles Krug Winery: 11 occurrences, 6 producers, 2 past producers, 2 prospects. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mercury, Stone, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Sullinger ClaimChromiumOccurrenceChromite
Annadel FarmPerliteProducer
Glass Mountain DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Moore Creek Manganese Ridge ProspectManganeseProducer
Moore Creek ProspectManganesePast Producer1918
Napa Valley StoneStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
StirlingIronOccurrenceHematite
Unnamed LocationPerliteOccurrence
Unnamed LocationIronUnknown
Glass Mountain DepositStoneOccurrenceObsidian

Every working recorded in Napa County

Maps showing this location

10 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.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Greystone Cellars0.3 miles1978
Beringer Brothers-Los Hermanos Winery0.4 miles2001
J.C. Weinberger Winery0.5 miles2015
Rhine House0.7 miles1972
Saint Helena Southern Pacific Railroad Depot0.9 miles1997
John Ramos Sherry House-Depot Saloon0.9 miles2007

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 74000542 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Napa CountyAll 88 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.