BlockFrom the record
One of 19 National Register listings published here for Siskiyou County · listed in 1978 · category: Site.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Thomas-Wright Battle Site
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1886.
The listing
- Address. S of Tulelake in Lava Beds National Monument, Tulelake
- When was it listed? November 1978
- Category. site
- Census division. Tulelake
- National Register reference number. 78000366 - 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
1886 to 1993The 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.
Fires near this property
91 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Thomas-Wright Battle Site between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,116 acres in total. 72 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 | 72 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Lava Beds National Monument | CALDWELL |
| 4 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Lava Beds National Monument | TOUR BUS |
| 30 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.5 acres | Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge | SPUD FIRE |
| 29 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lava Beds National Monument | INDIAN WELLS |
| 28 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Lava Beds National Monument | BNP764 |
| 28 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Lava Beds National Monument | PUFF |
| 28 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge | BARNTOP |
| 28 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Lava Beds National Monument | SNIFF |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Thomas-Wright Battle Site: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unidentified Location | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown |
Storms near this property
2 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tulelake, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 1997 and 2002: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
Maps showing this location
12 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1886 USGS Modoc Lava Bed quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Modoc Lava Bed quadrangle1:250000 - 6 printings
- 1892 USGS Modoc Lava-Bed quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Mt Dome quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Mt. Dome quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Tulelake quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Captain Jacks Stronghold quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Captain Jacks Stronghold quadrangle1:24000
Listed places nearby
3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Schonchin Butte Fire Lookout | 2.2 miles | 2017 |
 | Captain Jack's Stronghold | 3.7 miles | 1973 |
| Hospital Rock Army Camp Site | 4.8 miles | 1973 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 78000366 in Record Group 79. |
| Siskiyou County | All 19 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.