Photograph by Ron Reiring from Inland Empire of Southern California, USA, CC BY 2.0. Via
Wikimedia Commons.
Menlo Park Railroad Station
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. 22 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1897.
From the record
“Menlo Park station is a Caltrain station located in Menlo Park, California. It was an inaugural station along the foundational San Francisco and San Jose Railroad, which commenced service on October 18, 1863, making it the oldest continually operating railway station in California.”
Wikipedia article Menlo Park station, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 63 National Register listings published here for San Mateo County · listed in 1974 · category: Building.
National Register reference number.74000556- 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 1997
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.
18971997
Fires near this property
213 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 213 fires within 5 miles of Menlo Park Railroad Station
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 103 acres in total. None started naturally. 18 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
130
Equipment and vehicle use
26
Arson/incendiarism
18
Misuse of fire by a minor
13
Smoking
13
Debris and open burning
8
Recreation and ceremony
3
Other causes
1
Power generation/transmission/distribution
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
8 September 2010
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
6 September 2013
Equipment and vehicle use
1.2 acres
San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit
ALPINE
6 September 1993
Arson/incendiarism
under an acre
San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit
PIPE
5 September 2019
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit
not named
5 September 2011
Arson/incendiarism
under an acre
Santa Clara Unit
not named
5 September 2009
Debris and open burning
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
30 September 2018
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
20 workings within 5 miles of Menlo Park Railroad Station: 7 past producers, 7 producers, 5 unknowns, 1 occurrence.
7 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Mercury, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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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