Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. 17 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1896.
From the record
“The Dominguez Rancho Adobe is California Historical Landmark Number 152, and in 1976 was placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.”
Wikipedia article Dominguez Rancho Adobe, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 616 National Register listings published here for Los Angeles County · listed in 1976 · category: Building.
National Register reference number.76000486- 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
1896 to 1901
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
5 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
18961901
Fires near this property
412 since 2005
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 412 fires within 5 miles of Dominguez Ranch Adobe
between 2005 and 2020, burning about 2,348 acres in total. None started naturally. 37 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
281
Arson/incendiarism
37
Smoking
37
Equipment and vehicle use
23
Misuse of fire by a minor
19
Debris and open burning
12
Recreation and ceremony
1
Railroad operations and maintenance
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 2019
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
Los Angeles County Fire Department
not named
8 September 2008
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
8 September 2007
Equipment and vehicle use
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
7 September 2009
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
1.0 acres
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
5 September 2005
Smoking
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
4 September 2005
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
30 September 2018
Arson/incendiarism
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
30 September 2007
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
1.0 acres
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
3 workings within 5 miles of Dominguez Ranch Adobe: 3 past producers.
None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Silver, Zinc, Silica, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Compton, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports between 2003 and 2023: 2 flash flood, 1 hail, 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.
A second weak tornado impacted the community of Compton. The short-lived, EF-0, tornado developed near the intersection of Greenleaf Boulevard and South Santa Fe Avenue and moved to the intersection of Orcutt Avenue and East 69th Street. One power line was downed as well as several tree branches. Additionally, minor roof damage was reported to a couple of homes.
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.
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.
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