Built in 1877 (Greek Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. 6 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1943.
From the record
“The Con Creek School, in Mendocino County, California near Boonville, California, was built in 1877. The school and another contributing building were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.”
Wikipedia article Con Creek School, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 42 National Register listings published here for Mendocino County · listed in 1979 · category: Building · built in 1877, Greek Revival architecture.
National Register reference number.79000498- 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
1943 to 1991
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
48 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
19431991
Fires near this property
132 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Con Creek School
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,302 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 7 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
43
Equipment and vehicle use
33
Debris and open burning
22
Misuse of fire by a minor
9
Natural
7
Arson/incendiarism
7
Power generation/transmission/distribution
4
Smoking
4
Recreation and ceremony
2
Railroad operations and maintenance
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
7 September 2000
Equipment and vehicle use
1.5 acres
Mendocino Unit
PAC BELL
6 September 2007
Equipment and vehicle use
1.0 acres
Mendocino Unit
SODA
5 September 1994
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
Mendocino Unit
HWY 128
30 September 2017
Misuse of fire by a minor
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
CHAULK
30 September 2017
Debris and open burning
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
5 workings within 5 miles of Con Creek School: 2 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 producer.
1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mercury, Zirconium, Gold, Iridium, Platinum. 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
Boonville, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 2019 and 2022: 3 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.
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.
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.
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