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Photograph of Community Methodist Church of Ione
Photograph by LPS.1, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Ione City Centenary Church

Built in 1862 (Gothic Revival). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. 14 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1889.

From the record

“The Community Methodist Church of Ione, is a United Methodist church in Ione, California, United States. The church is registered as a California Historical Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.”

Wikipedia article Community Methodist Church of Ione, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 22 National Register listings published here for Amador County · listed in 1977 · category: Building · built in 1862, Gothic Revival.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 150 W. Marlette St., Ione, 95640
  • When was it listed? May 1977
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Ione
  • When was it built? 1862
  • Architectural style. Gothic Revival
  • National Register reference number. 77000287 - 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

1889 to 1993

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Ione City Centenary Church, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet covering Ione City Centenary Church, surveyed 1889

Fires near this property

248 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 248 fires within 5 miles of Ione City Centenary Church between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,952 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined98
Equipment and vehicle use79
Debris and open burning32
Arson/incendiarism11
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Recreation and ceremony6
Natural4
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Other causes3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 1999Natural10 acresAmador-El Dorado Unit0WENS
9 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitTWIN
7 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitSUTTER
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresAmador-El Dorado Unit124
7 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral California DistrictBUENA
6 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitPOND
5 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitJACKSON
5 September 2009Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitHY

Every fire recorded in Amador County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 174 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 174 workings within 5 miles of Ione City Centenary Church: 57 occurrences, 37 producers, 29 unknowns, 26 past producers. 37 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Gold, Copper, Chromium. 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
Amador Lime RockLimestone, GeneralProducer
FancherGold, ClayProducer
HaywardCopper, Silver, Gold, ZincPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
IoneCopper, Gold, Silver, Zinc, AntimonyPast ProducerStibnite
Ione ClaysIron, Silica, Aluminum, Water, FreePast ProducerSurface
Ione Pit and MillZirconium, Titanium, KaolinProducer1954
MooneyGemstone, QuartzOccurrence
MooneyGemstoneProspect
NewtonCopper, Silver, Gold, Lead, ZincPast Producer1863
NewtonCopper, Gold, SilverPast ProducerUnderground

Every working recorded in Amador County

Storms near this property

1 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ione, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 funnel cloud. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2023Funnel CloudIone-The public reported a funnel cloud near Ione.

Every storm recorded in Amador County

Maps showing this location

14 surveys

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.

Listed places nearby

6 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
C.W. Swain Houseunder 500 feet2014
George and Eliza Withington House0.3 miles2015
Preston Castle0.8 miles1975
Preston School of Industry1.0 miles2024
Five Mile Drive-Sutter Creek Bridge1.4 miles1986
Scully Ranch1.5 miles1978

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 77000287 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Amador CountyAll 22 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.