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Photograph of Tomales Presbyterian Church and Cemetery
Photograph by Chris06, CC0 1.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Tomales Presbyterian Church and Cemetery

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1916.

From the record

“The Tomales Presbyterian Church and Cemetery is located at 11 Church Street in Tomales, California, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.”

Wikipedia article Tomales Presbyterian Church and Cemetery, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 50 National Register listings published here for Marin 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, 1 site as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 11 Church St., Tomales, 94971
  • When was it listed? August 1975
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Northwest Marin
  • National Register reference number. 75000437 - 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

1916 to 1995

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Tomales Presbyterian Church and Cemetery, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet covering Tomales Presbyterian Church and Cemetery, surveyed 1916

Fires near this property

16 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Tomales Presbyterian Church and Cemetery between 1994 and 2020, burning about 20 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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
Equipment and vehicle use6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1
Debris and open burning1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
2 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionFORD
16 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMarin County Fire DepartmentVALLEY FORD RD BLOOMFIEL
27 August 1994Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitESTERO
23 August 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acrePoint Reyes National SeashoreCYPRUS
21 August 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitMORO
20 August 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePoint Reyes National SeashoreHUT
15 August 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
9 July 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionFALLON TWO ROCK RD OOJ

Every fire recorded in Marin County

Mines and quarries near this property

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Tomales Presbyterian Church and Cemetery: 2 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
UnknownStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, GeneralOccurrenceLimestone
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dillon Beach PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Martinoni QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Tomales PointGoldOccurrenceBeach Placer
Tomales PointGoldUnknown

Every working recorded in Marin County

Storms near this property

6 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tomales, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 5 flood, 1 tornado. 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
December 1996Tornado (F1)Tomales$200,000no account filed
February 2024FloodTomales-Roadway flooding was reported on California Highway 1 at Tomales-Petaluma Road.
February 2019FloodTomales-Flooding at Shoreline Hwy intersection with Bay Rd, vehicle stalled in 2 feet of water in roadway.
February 2019FloodTomales-Vehicle stuck in water flooding lanes southbound CA-1 and Tomales Rd.
February 2019FloodTomales-Marin Fire Department is retrieving a driver stuck in the water at Hwy 1 and Tomales Rd.
January 2017FloodTomales-Closure of Hwy 1 at Tomales Rd due to flooding.

Every storm recorded in Marin 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.

Listed places nearby

3 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
Pierce Ranch4.6 miles1985
Station KPH Operating Station7.2 miles1989
Station KPH, Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America7.2 miles2025

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 75000437 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Marin CountyAll 50 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.