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San Antonio de Padua Mission

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1919.

From the record

“Mission San Antonio de Padua is a Spanish mission established by the Franciscan order in present-day Monterey County, California, near the present-day town of Jolon. Founded on July 14, 1771, it was the third mission founded in Alta California by Father Presidente Junípero Serra.”

Wikipedia article Mission San Antonio de Padua, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 64 National Register listings published here for Monterey County · listed in 1976 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • Address. NW of Jolon off Del Venturi Rd., Jolon
  • When was it listed? April 1976
  • Category. building
  • Census division. San Ardo
  • National Register reference number. 76000504 - 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

1919 to 1948

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 29 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering San Antonio de Padua Mission, surveyed 1948
Topographic sheet covering San Antonio de Padua Mission, surveyed 1919

Fires near this property

22 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of San Antonio de Padua Mission between 1992 and 2020, burning about 16,154 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Debris and open burning2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitJOLON
27 August 2011Recreation and ceremony135 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitARGYLE
9 July 2006Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitJOLON
30 July 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitDEL VENTURI RD / MISSION
26 July 2012Smoking3.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitSULPHUR SPRINGS RD / JOLO
19 July 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitDEL VENTURI RD / MISSION
10 July 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined2,500 acresLos Padres National ForestSULPHUR SPRINGS
30 June 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined500 acresFort Hunter LiggettLOOP

Every fire recorded in Monterey County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of San Antonio de Padua Mission: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. 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
Ruby PlacerGoldProspect
U.S. Army PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Monterey County

Maps showing this location

13 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

Listed places nearby

5 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
Milpitas Ranchhouse0.5 miles1977
Dutton Hotel, Stagecoach Station5.0 miles1971
Dutton Hotel, Stagecoach Station5.0 miles1971
Jose Mario Gil Adobe5.0 miles1974
Tidball Store5.0 miles1976

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 76000504 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Monterey CountyAll 64 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.