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Photograph of Frances Packing House
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Frances Packing House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. 20 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1896.

From the record

“The Frances Packing House in Orange County, California near Irvine, California was a historic packing house built in 1916. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1977.”

Wikipedia article Frances Packing House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 136 National Register listings published here for Orange County · listed in 1977 · category: Building.

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. NE of Irvine, Irvine, 92620
  • When was it listed? August 1977
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Irvine-Lake Forest
  • National Register reference number. 77000319 - 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

1896 to 1983

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Frances Packing House, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet covering Frances Packing House, surveyed 1896

Fires near this property

140 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 140 fires within 5 miles of Frances Packing House between 2005 and 2020, burning about 404 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 23 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/undetermined69
Smoking24
Arson/incendiarism23
Equipment and vehicle use15
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Debris and open burning2
Natural2

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
5 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOrange County Fire Authoritynot named
4 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
28 September 2018Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
28 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
21 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 August 2008Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this property

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Frances Packing House: 5 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mercury, Lead, Zinc. 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
Red Hill MineMercury, Barium-BaritePast Producer
Santa Rosa Lead - ZincLead, ZincOccurrence
Red Hill MineMercuryPast Producer1927
Asbury El Toro, Ltd.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
El Toro PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
El Toro PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Santiago Canyon PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sully-Miller Contracting Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Orange County

Storms near this property

12 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Irvine, the town this property stands in, in 12 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 4 flood, 3 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 2005Flash FloodIrvine$50,000no account filed
February 2005Flash FloodIrvine$15,000no account filed
February 1998LightningIrvine$10,000no account filed
March 2016Thunderstorm WindEast Irvine$5,000A resident in Irvine posted a youtube video of tree damage in Irvine at Kazan Street. Numerous very large tree branches down, some on top of cars. Branches look about a half foot in diameter with some branches about 20 feet in length. One tree branch broke an apartment window.
November 2025FloodIrvine-A public source reported full closure of northbound 405 on ramp due to flooding.
March 2024FloodIrvine-Report from a trained spotter: The Sand Canyon Wash was overflowing into Mason Park at the time of report.
February 2024FloodIrvine-The San Canyon Wash overflowed, which led to flooding in parts of Mason Park in Irvine.
January 2016Thunderstorm WindEast Irvine-Thunderstorm wind gust estimated at 60 mph by a trained spotter.
February 2003Flash FloodIrvine-no account filed
April 2001FloodIrvine-no account filed
November 1997Funnel CloudIrvine-no account filed
November 1997Tornado (F1)Irvine-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Orange County

Maps showing this location

20 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
Irvine Blacksmith Shop2.4 miles1986
Irvine Bean and Growers Association Building2.5 miles1986
Lighter-than-Air Ship Hangars3.5 miles1975
Lighter-than-Air Ship Hangars3.5 miles1975
Sherman Stevens House4.1 miles1984
David Hewes House4.2 miles2017

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 77000319 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Orange CountyAll 136 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.