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One of 19 National Register listings published here for Siskiyou County · listed in 1976 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Fort Jones House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1886.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Main St., Fort Jones, 96032
- When was it listed? April 1976
- Category. building
- Census division. Fort Jones
- National Register reference number. 76000533 - 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
1886 to 2001The ground this property stands on, surveyed 115 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
137 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Fort Jones House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 376 acres in total. 47 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 47 |
| Debris and open burning | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | RATTLESNAKE |
| 5 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | MOFFETT |
| 29 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Northern California District | GRISWOLD |
| 28 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | CHAPARREL |
| 28 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | W MOFFETT CREEK |
| 27 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | LT # 81 |
| 23 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | LIGHTHILL |
| 21 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | LIGHTHILL #1 |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 93 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 93 workings within 5 miles of Fort Jones House: 41 past producers, 25 occurrences, 13 unknowns, 8 producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, Silver, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burton | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Mclaughlin Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Quartz Hill Mine | Copper, Bismuth | Occurrence | ||
| Reported Occurrence | Gemstone, Zirconium | Occurrence | ||
| Tschopp Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Fort Jones | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Scott River Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| T Hamilton | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Costello | Chromium | Unknown |
Maps showing this location
13 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.
- 1886 USGS Shasta quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1894 USGS Shasta quadrangle1:250000 - 8 printings
- 1932 USGS Yreka quadrangle1:96000
- 1939 USGS Yreka quadrangle1:125000 - 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Fort Jones quadrangle1:62500 - 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Fort Jones quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Yreka quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Fort Jones quadrangle1:24000
- 2001 USGS Fort Jones quadrangle1:24000
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 76000533 in Record Group 79. |
| Siskiyou County | All 19 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.