Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. 21 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1892.
From the record
“Millbrae station is an intermodal transit station serving Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) and Caltrain, located in Millbrae, California. The station is the terminal station for BART on the San Francisco Peninsula, served by two lines: The Red Line before 9 pm and the Yellow Line during the early morning and evening.”
Wikipedia article Millbrae station, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 63 National Register listings published here for San Mateo County · listed in 1978 · category: Building.
National Register reference number.78000770- 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
1892 to 1997
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
105 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
18921997
Fires near this property
259 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 259 fires within 5 miles of Southern Pacific Depot
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 360 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 25 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/undetermined
147
Smoking
33
Arson/incendiarism
25
Equipment and vehicle use
24
Misuse of fire by a minor
12
Debris and open burning
9
Power generation/transmission/distribution
5
Recreation and ceremony
3
Natural
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
9 September 2010
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
1.0 acres
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
7 September 2009
Arson/incendiarism
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
7 September 2007
Smoking
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
4 September 2020
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
1.1 acres
San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit
BEL AIRE RD THE_HIGHLAND
3 September 2009
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
22 workings within 5 miles of Southern Pacific Depot: 13 past producers, 9 producers.
9 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, 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.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Millbrae, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 2009: 1 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.
This powerful rainstorm overwhelmed pipes and manholes in San Mateo, San Carlos and Millbrae causing over 127,000 gallons of untreated sewage to flow into the streets and creeks. Over 55,000 gallons made it all the way to the San Francisco Bay.
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.
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.