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One of 21 National Register listings published here for El Dorado County · listed in 1977 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Lombardo Ranch
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1891.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss, 1 site as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 1709 Carson Rd., Placerville, 95667
- When was it listed? September 1977
- Category. building
- Census division. Placerville
- National Register reference number. 77000292 - 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.
Fires near this property
860 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 860 fires within 5 miles of Lombardo Ranch between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,067 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 47 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 | 305 |
| Debris and open burning | 217 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 191 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 47 |
| Smoking | 34 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 31 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Fireworks | 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 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | SERVICE |
| 9 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | BOEGER WINERY PLACERVILLE |
| 9 September 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | BEALS RD GOLD_HILL |
| 9 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | LINDBERG |
| 9 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | HY 50 EB / FORNI OFF RAM |
| 9 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Central California District | UNNAMED FIRE 1971 |
| 9 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | GATLIN |
| 9 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | PANORAMA |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 611 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 611 workings within 5 miles of Lombardo Ranch: 314 occurrences, 174 unknowns, 109 past producers, 14 producers. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Slate, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Springs Li | Calcium | Unknown | ||
| Grand Victory | Gold, Antimony | Past Producer | Surface/Underground | |
| Old Gravel Mine | Germanium | Unknown | ||
| Oregon | Gold, Arsenic, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Pacific Quartz | Gold, Arsenic, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Placerite Quarry and Mill | Stone | Producer | ||
| Placerville District | Gold, Platinum | Past Producer | 1848 | |
| Seven Bells | Copper, Gold | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Unknown | Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Abrasive | Unknown |
Storms near this property
5 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Placerville, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 2014 and 2023: 3 heavy rain, 2 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2023 | Flood | Placerville | - | The California Highway Patrol reported mud, dirt and rock along the southbound lane of State Highway 49 near the SR 193 junction. |
| December 2019 | Heavy Rain | Placerville | - | A trained spotter reported widespread street flooding due to heavy rain. Spotter noted 0.61 inches of rain had fallen. |
| February 2017 | Heavy Rain | Placerville | - | There were 1.80 of rain measured in Placerville, 24 hour total. |
| October 2016 | Heavy Rain | Placerville | - | There were 4.00 inches of rainfall measured, 72 hour total. |
| December 2014 | Flood | Placerville | - | Flooding in southbound Highway 49 just north of 193 in Placerville caused traffic to swerve into northbound lanes. |
Maps showing this location
11 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.
- 1891 USGS Placerville quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Placerville quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Placerville quadrangle1:125000 - 9 printings
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Placerville quadrangle1:24000 - 5 printings
- 1949 USGS Placerville quadrangle1:62500 - 5 printings
- 1950 USGS Placerville quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
- 1976 USGS Placerville quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Hattie (Gold Bug), Priest and Silver Pine Mines and Stampmill | 1.3 miles | 1985 |
 | Combellack-Blair House | 1.5 miles | 1985 |
 | John Pearson Soda Works | 1.6 miles | 1985 |
| United States Post Office-Main Street Branch | 1.6 miles | 2025 | |
 | Fountain-Tallman Soda Works | 1.6 miles | 1984 |
 | Confidence Hall | 1.6 miles | 1982 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 77000292 in Record Group 79. |
| El Dorado County | All 21 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.