Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1926.
From the record
“The Kings County Courthouse was erected after Kings County, California was formed; it opened in 1896. Constructed in an eclectic mix of styles in a park in the center of Hanford, it was expanded in 1914.”
Wikipedia article Kings County Courthouse (California), CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 3 National Register listings published here for Kings County · listed in 1978 · category: Building.
National Register reference number.78003063- 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
130 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 130 fires within 5 miles of Kings County Courthouse
between 1992 and 2019, burning about 3,264 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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
93
Misuse of fire by a minor
11
Arson/incendiarism
10
Equipment and vehicle use
8
Debris and open burning
5
Smoking
2
Power generation/transmission/distribution
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
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
5 September 2009
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
29 September 2011
Equipment and vehicle use
under an acre
Fresno-Kings Unit
not named
29 September 2006
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
27 September 2011
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
Fresno-Kings Unit
not named
17 September 1994
Debris and open burning
3.0 acres
Fresno-Kings Unit
FKU # 9698
9 August 2005
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
8 August 2010
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Hanford, the town this property stands in, in 36 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 10 thunderstorm wind, 7 heavy rain, 6 flood, 6 hail.
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.
Gusty wind with a thunderstorm measured at 42 MPH at Lemoore Naval Air Station brought down 32 power poles in north Kings County. the power company indicated 20,000 customers were affected by the downed lines for up to 12 hours.
In an unstable airmass numerous thunderstorms were noted through the NWSO San Joaquin Valley county warning area the afternoon of December 13. With a Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued at 1423 PST and a valid time of one hour, one-inch hail was observed in north Hanford at 1500 PST by an National Weather Service Employee. Additional damage included some small trees uprooted from wind associated with the storm's passage. The reflectivity associated with this storm was 67dBz which spiked to 69dBz; VIL of 37; and, storm top of 29,000 feet.
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.
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.
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