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Photograph of China Camp State Park
Photograph by Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

China Camp

Built in 1976. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1902.

From the record

“China Camp State Park is a state park in Marin County, California, surrounding a historic Chinese American shrimp-fishing village and a salt marsh. The park is located in San Rafael, California, on the shore of San Pablo Bay.”

Wikipedia article China Camp State Park, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 50 National Register listings published here for Marin County · listed in 1979 · category: District · built in 1976.

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

The listing

  • Address. 247 N. San Pedro Dr., San Rafael, 94901
  • When was it listed? April 1979
  • Category. district
  • Census division. San Rafael
  • When was it built? 1976
  • National Register reference number. 79000493 - 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

75 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of China Camp between 2005 and 2020, burning about 128 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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/undetermined50
Equipment and vehicle use10
Arson/incendiarism5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking4
Debris and open burning1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
30 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined26 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
20 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
2 September 2010Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
16 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
14 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
31 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
29 August 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
28 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Every fire recorded in Marin County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of China Camp: 7 occurrences, 7 producers, 5 past producers, 3 unknowns. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
HotalingStone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, DimensionUnknown
San Francisco Bay DredgeLimestone, GeneralProspect
GreenbraeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Highway 20 SiteSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed LocationSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
L P Mcnear Brick CoClayProducer
L P Mcnear Brick CompanyClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Patent Brick CompanyClayPast Producer
Remillard Brick Co.ClayOccurrence
Remillard Brick CompanyClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Marin County

Storms near this property

5 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names San Rafael, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 1996 and 2018: 2 flood, 2 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2017FloodSan Rafael-Sea water breached San Rafael Marina and flooded parking lot.
November 2017HailSan Rafael-Storm spotter reported small hail at residence.
March 2018HailSan Rafael-no account filed
December 2002FloodSan Rafael-no account filed
February 1996Heavy RainSan Rafael-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Marin County

Maps showing this location

11 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
McNear, Erskine, B., House1.5 miles1982
Marin County Civic Center3.9 miles1991
Boyd House4.1 miles1974
Robert Dollar Estate4.2 miles1972
Bradford House4.5 miles1980
Green Brae Brick Yard4.5 miles1978

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 79000493 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Marin CountyAll 50 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.