Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1907.
“Davis station is a train station in Davis, California. The station is owned by the city, while the tracks are owned by the Union Pacific Railroad.”
Wikipedia article Davis station (California), CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 24 National Register listings published here for Yolo County · listed in 1976 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Southern Pacific Railroad Station between 2005 and 2020, burning about 56 acres in total. None started naturally. 14 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 | 64 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | not named |
| 7 September 2008 | Smoking | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 30 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 29 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 28 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | not named |
| 26 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Southern Pacific Railroad Station: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Davis, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 1998 and 2019: 1 funnel cloud, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Davis | $15,000 | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Davis | - | A tornado was reported by a University of California Davis atmospheric science student. The student was reported to be east of highway 101a and highway 29 around 5:41 pm pst and filmed the tornado. |
| March 1998 | Funnel Cloud | Davis | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Dresbach-Hunt-Boyer House | 0.2 miles | 1976 |
 | Davis Subway | 0.2 miles | 1998 |
 | Joshua B. Tufts House | 0.3 miles | 1979 |
 | TB-9 | 0.5 miles | 2016 |
 | Animal Science Building | 0.7 miles | 1986 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 76000541 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Yolo County | All 24 listed properties in this county. |
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