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
White's Gulch Arrastra
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1948.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 site as contributing to the listing.
- Address. E of Swayers Bar, Sawyers Bar, 96027
- When was it listed? December 1978
- Category. site
- Census division. Etna
- National Register reference number. 78000793 - 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.
Fires near this property
68 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of White's Gulch Arrastra between 1992 and 2020, burning about 33,866 acres in total. 56 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 56 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Klamath National Forest | IRON |
| 5 September 2003 | Natural | 80 acres | Klamath National Forest | WHITES |
| 4 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Klamath National Forest | NEILON |
| 30 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Klamath National Forest | not named |
| 3 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Klamath National Forest | not named |
| 3 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Klamath National Forest | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Klamath National Forest | SIX MILE |
| 9 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Klamath National Forest | BACON FIRE |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 218 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 218 workings within 5 miles of White's Gulch Arrastra: 109 past producers, 84 unknowns, 12 producers, 12 occurrences. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Manganese, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gray Ledge | Manganese, Silica | Past Producer | 1941 | |
| Jessops Gulch | Gold, Iridium, Osmium | Producer | 1855 | |
| Mountain Laurel Mine | Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Peterson Mine | Gold, Platinum, Osmium, Iridium | Producer | Stream Placer | |
| Peterson Mine | Gold, PGE | Unknown | ||
| Reported Occurrence | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Reported Occurrence | Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Rollin School Deposit | Arsenic | Occurrence | ||
| Scott Bar Mines, Inc. | Gold, Zinc, Antimony, Lead | Past Producer | Galena, Gold, Pyrite | |
| Blue Eagle & Black Dike Groups | Gold, Lead | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
1 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sawyers Bar, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 2001: 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2001 | Flash Flood | Sawyers Bar | - | See below. |
Maps showing this location
8 surveysUnited 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.
- 1948 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Sawyers Bar quadrangle1:62500 - 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Tanners Peak quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Hoopa quadrangle1:100000
- 2001 USGS Tanners Peak quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
Listed places nearby
1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Sawyers Bar Catholic Church | 3.4 miles | 1978 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 78000793 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.