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Geyserville Union School

Built in 1921 (Spanish Colonial Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1920.

From the record

“The Geyserville Union School on Main St. in Geyserville, California was built in 1921. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.”

Wikipedia article Geyserville Union School, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 73 National Register listings published here for Sonoma County · listed in 1979 · category: Building · built in 1921, Spanish Colonial Revival architecture, by Henry Clay Smith.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · 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. Main St., Geyserville, 95441
  • When was it listed? October 1979
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Cloverdale-Geyserville
  • When was it built? 1921
  • Architectural style. Spanish Colonial Revival architecture
  • Architect. Henry Clay Smith
  • National Register reference number. 79000558 - 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

1920 to 1997

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Geyserville Union School, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet covering Geyserville Union School, surveyed 1920

Fires near this property

200 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 200 fires within 5 miles of Geyserville Union School between 1992 and 2020, burning about 19,190 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 20 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/undetermined75
Equipment and vehicle use58
Debris and open burning32
Arson/incendiarism20
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionALEXANDER VALLEY RD HEAL
8 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitDUTCHER
7 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionDUTCHER
7 September 1992Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitCANYON
6 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitDRY CREEK
5 September 2005Natural3.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitDUTCHER
30 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitPOCKET
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitLYTTON

Every fire recorded in Sonoma County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Geyserville Union School: 11 producers, 3 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Calcium, Chromium. 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
Unnamed ProspectChromiumOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectMercuryOccurrence
Baby JackCopperUnknown
Black RanchCalciumUnknown
Healdsburg LodeCopperUnknown
Unnamed LimestoneCalciumPast Producer
Alexander Valley BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Alexander Valley BarsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Drake BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gauer BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Sonoma County

Storms near this property

2 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Geyserville, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 2015 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 2026FloodGeyserville-The gage along the Russian River at Geyserville reached minor flooding with a peak stage of 41.37 ft.
February 2015FloodGeyserville-Lanes flooded on Dry Creek Road.

Every storm recorded in Sonoma County

Maps showing this location

13 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

4 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
Healdsburg Carnegie Library6.4 miles1988
Madrona Knoll Rancho District7.2 miles1987
Healdsburg Memorial Bridge7.6 miles2011
Healdsburg Memorial Bridge7.6 miles2011

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 79000558 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Sonoma CountyAll 73 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.