Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. 19 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1896.
“The George Key Ranch Historic District, also known simply as Key Ranch, is a historic ranch and Victorian ranch house located in Placentia, Orange County, California”
Wikipedia article George Key Ranch, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 136 National Register listings published here for Orange County · listed in 1975 · category: District.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of George Key Ranch between 2004 and 2020, burning about 135 acres in total. 2 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 | 51 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 4 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 27 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 27 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 26 September 2010 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 25 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 25 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Orange County Fire Authority | CARBON FIRE |
| 13 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Orange County Fire Authority | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of George Key Ranch: 10 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Geothermal. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alvardo Hot Springs | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Garber Brickk & Tile Co. | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Bixby Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Orange Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Consolidated Rock Products Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Irvine Lake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| La Habra Sand & Gravel Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lindauer & Sopns | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Orange Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Owl Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Placentia, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports between 2002 and 2014: 3 flood, 1 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2005 | Flash Flood | Placentia | $500,000 | no account filed |
| December 2014 | Flood | Placentia | - | A spotter reported flooding on Bastanchury Road with streets under up to a foot of standing water. Flooding was also reported by a spotter at the Miraloma and Lakeview Avenue low water crossing with 6 inches of water on the roadway. A nearby mesonet station in Yorba Linda recorded a 3-hour rain total of 1.06 inches. |
| December 2013 | Flood | Placentia | - | Miraloma urban street flooding and standing water up to 6 inches deep between Fee Ana Street and Lakeview Avenue. |
| May 2002 | Flood | Placentia | - | no account filed |
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.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | A. S. Bradford House | 0.6 miles | 1978 |
| Attlio and Jane Pierotti House | 0.7 miles | 1993 | |
 | Dr. George C. Clark House | 1.1 miles | 1976 |
 | Brea City Hall and Park | 2.3 miles | 1984 |
 | Richard Nixon Birthplace | 2.9 miles | 1971 |
| Pacific Electric Railway Company Depot | 3.0 miles | 1979 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 75000449 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Orange County | All 136 listed properties in this county. |
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