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Photograph of Don Fernando Pacheco Adobe
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Don Fernando Pacheco Adobe

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. 21 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1897.

From the record

“The Don Fernando Pacheco Adobe is located at 3119 Grant Street in Concord, California.The Fernando Pacheco Adobe is the only Concord landmark listed in all three Historical Registries: entry on the National Register occurred on June 6, 1980; the California Registered landmark number is 455; and the Concord Historical Landmark designation is 1-26-26/5458. The Adobe was built by Don Fernando in the early 1850s as the base of operations for his growing ranch activities, and as his family's formal residence.”

Wikipedia article Fernando Pacheco Adobe, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 49 National Register listings published here for Contra Costa County · listed in 1980 · category: Building.

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.
  • Listed as. Pacheco, Don Fernando, Adobe - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 3119 Grant St., Concord, 94520
  • When was it listed? June 1980
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Central Contra Costa
  • National Register reference number. 80000798 - 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

1897 to 1995

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 98 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Don Fernando Pacheco Adobe, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet covering Don Fernando Pacheco Adobe, surveyed 1897

Fires near this property

535 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 535 fires within 5 miles of Don Fernando Pacheco Adobe between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,327 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 98 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/undetermined218
Arson/incendiarism98
Equipment and vehicle use67
Smoking66
Misuse of fire by a minor58
Debris and open burning17
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Firearms and explosives use1
Other causes1

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
7 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
7 September 2010Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2010Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2008Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Every fire recorded in Contra Costa 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 Don Fernando Pacheco Adobe: 11 occurrences, 6 past producers, 4 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium, Pumice. 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
Cowell SilverSilverUnknown
Cowell Silver Sand Co., LawsSilicaProducerSand
MartinezStone, DimensionOccurrence
Mt. Diablo Lime Marl Co.Limestone, GeneralOccurrenceSedimentary
Silver SandSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
AlvarnezPumiceOccurrence
AlvarnezPumicePast Producer
Henry Cowell Lime & Cement Co.CalciumPast Producer
Mt. Diablo Lime Marl Co.CalciumPast Producer
Unnamed LocationCalciumProspect

Every working recorded in Contra Costa County

Storms near this property

2 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Concord, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports in 2018: 2 hail. 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
February 2018HailConcord-Pea sized hail reported on social media.
March 2018HailConcord-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Contra Costa County

Maps showing this location

21 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
Don Francisco Galindo House1.6 miles1988
William T. Hendrick House1.7 miles1983
Patrick Rodgers Farm4.3 miles1991
Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial4.8 miles2009
John Muir National Historic Site4.8 miles1966
Shadelands Ranch House5.0 miles1985

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 80000798 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Contra Costa CountyAll 49 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.