BlockFrom the record
One of 24 National Register listings published here for Stanislaus County · listed in 1979 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Stage Stop
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. 15 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1893.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Yosemite Blvd. and La Grange Rd., La Grange, 95329
- When was it listed? August 1979
- Category. building
- Also known as. La Grange MRA
- Census division. Hughson
- National Register reference number. 79003463 - 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
266 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 266 fires within 5 miles of Stage Stop between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,205 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 25 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 | 133 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 76 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
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 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Central California District | LIGHTNING 19 |
| 8 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | YOSEMITE |
| 6 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | HOOVER |
| 5 September 2008 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 30 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | LAKE |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | HWY 132 STANISLAUS_COUN |
| 30 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | RIVER |
| 30 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | DAWSON LAKE |
| 29 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | HOUSEBOAT YARD |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Stage Stop: 8 producers, 6 occurrences, 4 unknowns, 3 past producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Platinum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chepraco | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Kraftile Clay Deposit | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| La Grange | Gold, Platinum, Iridium, Osmium | Producer | Stream Placer | |
| La Grange District | Gold, Silver, Platinum | Producer | 1850 | |
| La Grange Dredge No 4 | Gold, Osmium, Platinum, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Mitchell | Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Mitchell | Gold, Copper, Silver, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Oak Hill | Copper, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite | |
| Crooker Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| La Grange Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Maps showing this location
15 surveysUnited 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.
- 1893 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000
- 1896 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000 - 8 printings
- 1898 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000
- 1915 USGS La Grange quadrangle1:24000
- 1919 USGS La Grange quadrangle1:31680 - 3 printings
- 1944 USGS Merced Falls quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1947 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Merced Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS La Grange quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Merced Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1962 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
- 1966 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Oakdale quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther 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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Old Adobe Barn | under 500 feet | 1979 |
 | Kingen Hotel | under 500 feet | 1979 |
 | St. Louis Catholic Church | under 500 feet | 1979 |
 | Odd Fellows Hall | under 500 feet | 1979 |
 | Old La Grange Schoolhouse | under 500 feet | 1979 |
 | Shell Gas Station | 0.1 miles | 1979 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 79003463 in Record Group 79. |
| Stanislaus County | All 24 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.