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Photograph by Robert Hicks, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Winehaven

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021. 19 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1895.

From the record

One of 49 National Register listings published here for Contra Costa County · listed in 2021 · category: District.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • Address. Point Molate, Richmond, 94801
  • When was it listed? November 2021
  • Category. district
  • Census division. West Contra Costa
  • National Register reference number. 78000658 - 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

1895 to 1995

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Winehaven, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet covering Winehaven, surveyed 1895

Fires near this property

252 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 252 fires within 5 miles of Winehaven between 2005 and 2020, burning about 201 acres in total. None started naturally. 32 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/undetermined172
Arson/incendiarism32
Misuse of fire by a minor18
Smoking16
Equipment and vehicle use10
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
28 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named

Every fire recorded in Contra Costa County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Winehaven: 12 producers, 7 occurrences, 4 past producers, 3 prospects. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Manganese. 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
Blake Brothers San PabloStone, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand
Blake Brothers QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
GreenbraeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Richmond MillLimestone, GeneralProducer
San Francisco Bay DredgeLimestone, GeneralProspect
Red RockManganeseProducerMineral Paint, Psilomelane
Red RockManganeseProducer
Red RockManganeseProspect1914
L P Mcnear Brick CoClayProducer
L P Mcnear Brick CompanyClayPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Contra Costa County

Storms near this property

6 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Richmond, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 5 flood, 1 tornado. 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
December 1998Tornado (F0)Richmond$200,000no account filed
December 2025FloodRichmond-One foot of water was reported on westbound Interstate 580 just east of Canal Boulevard.
November 2025FloodRichmond-The on and offramps from Canal Boulevard to Interstate 580 were flooded.
February 2019FloodRichmond-On ramp from Canal Blvd to I-580 E flooded with 1-1.5 feet of water.
January 2018FloodEast Richmond-WB I80 at Macdonald, lane flooded.
February 2017FloodEast Richmond-One foot of water in Portrero on ramp to I80.

Every storm recorded in Contra Costa County

Maps showing this location

19 surveys

United 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.

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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 78000658 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Contra Costa CountyAll 49 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.