Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1897.
One of 44 National Register listings published here for Mariposa County · listed in 1978 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 107 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 170 fires within 5 miles of Hodgdon Homestead Cabin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,366 acres in total. 66 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 66 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 38 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Other causes | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Yosemite National Park | HWY.41 |
| 7 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sierra National Forest | BUFFIN |
| 3 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Yosemite National Park | CHILNUALNA |
| 28 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.3 acres | Sierra National Forest | LAUREL |
| 25 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Sierra National Forest | TENAYA |
| 25 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Sierra National Forest | SUMMER |
| 25 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Sierra National Forest | GREEN |
| 25 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Sierra National Forest | SIGNAL |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Hodgdon Homestead Cabin: 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow Jacket | Tungsten | Occurrence | Scheelite | |
| Elsie M | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Elsie M., Bob and Lauk | Gold | Occurrence | Placer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wawona, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 2005 and 2014: 6 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2014 | Heavy Rain | Wawona | - | Mesonet station Yosemite at Wawona /YWAC1/ rainfall 1.78 inches. |
| November 2012 | Heavy Rain | North Wawona | - | Twenty four hour rainfall total at Wawona was 3.98 inches. |
| November 2012 | Heavy Rain | North Wawona | - | Twenty four hour rainfall total at Wawona was 4.56 inches. |
| November 2012 | Heavy Rain | North Wawona | - | Twenty four hour rainfall total at Wawona was 3.06 inches. |
| October 2009 | Heavy Rain | North Wawona | - | The RAWS weather station at Wawona measured 7.84 inches 24 hour rainfall. |
| August 2005 | Heavy Rain | Wawona | - | A thunderstorm cell near Wawona in Mariposa County produced an estimated 2 to 2.5 inches of rain in an hour on the afternoon of the 16th. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Chris Jorgenson Studio | under 500 feet | 1979 |
 | Yosemite Transportation Company Office | under 500 feet | 1978 |
 | Acting Superintendent's Headquarters | under 500 feet | 1978 |
 | Wawona Covered Bridge | under 500 feet | 2007 |
 | Wawona Hotel and Pavilion | 0.2 miles | 1975 |
 | Mariposa Grove Museum | 3.6 miles | 1978 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 78000356 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Mariposa County | All 44 listed properties in this county. |
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