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Far Niente Winery

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1902.

From the record

One of 88 National Register listings published here for Napa County · listed in 1979 · category: Building.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. S of Oakville at 1577 Oakville Grade, Oakville, 94558
  • When was it listed? February 1979
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Napa
  • National Register reference number. 79000507 - 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

1902 to 1983

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Far Niente Winery, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet covering Far Niente Winery, surveyed 1902

Fires near this property

221 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 221 fires within 5 miles of Far Niente Winery between 1992 and 2020, burning about 57,589 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined110
Equipment and vehicle use56
Debris and open burning22
Smoking16
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism2

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
9 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitVETS HOME YOUNTVILLE
9 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNorthern California DistrictSILVERADO
8 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitPINE
8 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHOFFMAN
6 September 2015Smoking1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitVETS HOME YOUNTVILLE
6 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa Unit29
6 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitPG+E
5 September 1993Smokingunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHWY 29#3

Every fire recorded in Napa County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Far Niente Winery: 10 occurrences, 8 prospects, 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Perlite. 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
Diatomite OccurrenceDiatomitePast Producer
McLaughlin MineSilver, Gold, Mercury, Antimony, Arsenic, Titanium, Metal, Tungsten, Boron-BoratesProducer1978, 1985
Napa Valley StoneStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Search GroupCopperProspect
Sullinger ClaimChromiumProspect
Unnamed LocationPerliteProspect
Unnamed LocationStoneOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectAluminumProspect
Mcgill Rock and SandSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Unnamed LocationSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Napa County

Storms near this property

2 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oakville, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 2019 and 2026: 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2026FloodOakville-Rocks were coming onto the roadway on California Route 128 at Berryessa Knoxville Road.
February 2019FloodOakville-Road flooded for approx 100 feet at 750 Oakville Cross Rd.

Every storm recorded in Napa County

Maps showing this location

10 surveys

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.

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
Oakville Grocery0.8 miles1993
Atkinson House2.0 miles1990
Charles Rovegno House2.4 miles1991
French Laundry2.5 miles1978
John Lee Webber House2.6 miles1982
Yountville Grammar School2.7 miles2016

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 79000507 in Record Group 79.
Napa CountyAll 88 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.