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Photograph of Hiram D. Scott House
Photograph by John Pilge, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Hiram D. Scott House

Built in 1853. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. 15 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1902.

From the record

“Scott House, at 4603 Scotts Valley Dr. in Scotts Valley, California, was built in 1853. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.”

Wikipedia article Hiram D. Scott House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 42 National Register listings published here for Santa Cruz County · listed in 1977 · category: Building · built in 1853.

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.
  • Listed as. Scott, Hiram D., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 4603 Scotts Valley Dr., Scotts Valley, 95066
  • When was it listed? April 1977
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Santa Cruz
  • When was it built? 1853
  • National Register reference number. 77000348 - 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

1902 to 1998

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Hiram D. Scott House, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet covering Hiram D. Scott House, surveyed 1902

Fires near this property

667 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 667 fires within 5 miles of Hiram D. Scott House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 324 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 64 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/undetermined292
Equipment and vehicle use141
Arson/incendiarism64
Debris and open burning44
Recreation and ceremony40
Smoking34
Misuse of fire by a minor25
Power generation/transmission/distribution17
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Other causes4
Natural1
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionHERMON
9 September 2013Smokingunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitCREEKSIDE AV ZAYANTE
9 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitP.G.&E.#14
8 September 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitLAKE
8 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitROAD
8 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitBURTIS
8 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitQUAIL HOLLOW

Every fire recorded in Santa Cruz County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 36 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Hiram D. Scott House: 18 past producers, 8 producers, 7 occurrences, 3 unknowns. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Central Supply CoFlagstoneUnknown
Felton QuarryStoneProducer
Big Boulder MineGoldUnknown
Stribling MineGoldUnknown
Calplatti QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Henry Cowell Lime & Cement CoLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Henry Cowell Lime & Cement CoLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Holmes Lime & Cement CoLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Ixl QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Lone Star Industries Inc.Limestone, General, ClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Santa Cruz County

Maps showing this location

15 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
Felton Covered Bridge2.9 miles1973
Felton Presbyterian Church3.1 miles1978
Glen Canyon Covered Bridge3.5 miles1984
Branciforte Adobe4.1 miles1979
Wee Kirk4.9 miles2017
Neary-Rodriguez Adobe5.0 miles1975

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 77000348 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Santa Cruz CountyAll 42 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.