BlockFrom the record
One of 32 National Register listings published here for Tuolumne County · listed in 1975 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Niagara Camp
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1891.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 7 objectss, 4 buildingss, 2 structuress, 1 site as contributing to the listing.
- Address. NE of Tuolumne in Stanislaus National Forest, Tuolumne
- When was it listed? June 1975
- Category. district
- Census division. Twain Harte-Tuolumne City
- National Register reference number. 75000494 - 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 2001The ground this property stands on, surveyed 110 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Fires near this property
70 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Niagara Camp between 1992 and 2020, burning about 929 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Stanislaus National Forest | NIAGARA |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Stanislaus National Forest | 14 TWO |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Stanislaus National Forest | FOURTEEN 1 |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Stanislaus National Forest | CLAVEY 1 |
| 7 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Stanislaus National Forest | CRANE |
| 6 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Stanislaus National Forest | REYNOLDS |
| 27 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Stanislaus National Forest | JAWBONE |
| 21 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Stanislaus National Forest | WOODS |
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Niagara Camp: 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casa Madera | Gold, Lead | Past Producer | Galena, Gold | |
| North Fork No. 1 | Gold | Unknown |
Storms near this property
2 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tuolumne, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 1999 and 2023: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2023 | Flash Flood | Tuolumne | - | Tuolumne County Emergency Manager reported significant roadway flooding in the town of Tuolumne with creeks overflowing their banks. |
| February 1999 | Flash Flood | Tuolumne | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
12 surveysUnited 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.
- 1891 USGS Big Trees quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Big Trees quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Big Trees quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Big Trees quadrangle1:125000 - 9 printings
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Long Barn quadrangle1:62500 - 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
- 1979 USGS Hull Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS San Andreas quadrangle1:100000
- 2001 USGS Hull Creek quadrangle1:24000
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 75000494 in Record Group 79. |
| Tuolumne County | All 32 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.