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Photograph of Inskip Hotel
Photograph by Williamwesleycollins, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Inskip Hotel

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1891.

From the record

“The Inskip Hotel was built in 1866, just north of Stirling City, California, and was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places (75000425) in 1975.”

Wikipedia article Inskip Hotel, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 24 National Register listings published here for Butte County · listed in 1975 · 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 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 6 mi. N of Stirling on Skyway (Old Humbug Rd.), Stirling City, 95954
  • When was it listed? May 1975
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Paradise
  • National Register reference number. 75000425 - 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

1891 to 1995

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Inskip Hotel, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet covering Inskip Hotel, surveyed 1891

Fires near this property

94 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Inskip Hotel between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,394 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined34
Equipment and vehicle use15
Natural14
Debris and open burning10
Recreation and ceremony9
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking2
Other causes2
Firearms and explosives use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSKYWAY / HUMBUG SUMMIT R
7 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLassen National ForestBROWNS
5 September 1998Naturalunder an acreButte UnitLIGHTNING
29 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLassen National ForestRAVINE
29 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresButte UnitSTIRLING IC TAC 11
29 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreButte UnitPOWELLTON 2
27 September 2005Naturalunder an acreLassen National ForestPHILBROOK
26 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLassen National ForestCUDDLEBACK

Every fire recorded in Butte County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 61 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 61 workings within 5 miles of Inskip Hotel: 23 past producers, 23 unknowns, 10 occurrences, 4 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Iron, Silver, Chromium. 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
Glen ProspectChromiumOccurrenceChromite
Glenn ProspectChromiumOccurrence
Boulder Number 2Gold, SilverPast Producer
Sky HighGold, SilverPast Producer
TenderfootGold, SilverPast Producer
Martin DepositIronProspect
MorrisonIronPast Producer
Morrison Rusty Ridge Standard Slag Co. DepositIronProducer
Remple ClaimIronOccurrence
Remple PropertyIronProspect

Every working recorded in Butte County

Storms near this property

1 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stirling City, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 2009: 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2009Heavy RainStirling City-Stirling City recorded 4.96 inches of rainfall on the 13th and Chico recorded 1.35 inches. The heavy rain caused numerous storm drains to clog which resulted in local street flooding.||Strong, gusty winds brought down large numbers of trees, large branches, and power lines which resulted in power outages to at least 2,600 customers in Butte County.

Every storm recorded in Butte County

Maps showing this location

9 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 75000425 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Butte CountyAll 24 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.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.