BlockFrom the record
One of 49 National Register listings published here for Contra Costa County · listed in 1980 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Hercules Village
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1902.
The listing
- Address. Kings, Railroad, Santa Fe and Hercules Aves., Talley Way, Bay and Pinole Sts., Hercules, 94547
- When was it listed? August 1980
- Category. district
- Census division. West Contra Costa
- National Register reference number. 80000799 - 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 1983The 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.
Fires near this property
314 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 314 fires within 5 miles of Hercules Village between 1992 and 2020, burning about 748 acres in total. None started naturally. 53 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 | 205 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 53 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 15 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | not named |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | not named |
| 7 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Santa Clara Unit | PG&E ALHAMBRA |
| 6 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | not named |
| 30 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 30 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Hercules Village: 3 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Diatomite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pinole | Diatomite | Prospect | ||
| Pinole Dohrman, Pawsey | Diatomite | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Diablo | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Diablo | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| Mcnear Point Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence |
Storms near this property
2 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hercules, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports in 2024: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | Flood | Hercules | $10 | Roadway flooding was reported at Westbound California Highway 4 and Westbound Interstate 80. |
| February 2024 | Flood | Hercules | - | A 6 inch deep puddle in the slow lane of westbound Interstate 80. |
Maps showing this location
12 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1902 USGS Napa quadrangle1:125000 - 6 printings
- 1916 USGS Mare Island quadrangle1:62500 - 4 printings
- 1942 USGS Mare Island quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Mare Island quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Mare Island quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Mare Island quadrangle1:24000 - 5 printings
- 1962 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Napa quadrangle1:100000
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Bernardo Fernandez House | 0.5 miles | 1973 |
 | Bank of Pinole | 0.8 miles | 1996 |
 | Alvarado Park | 4.8 miles | 1992 |
| Memorial Hall | 5.0 miles | 2014 | |
 | Port Costa School | 5.8 miles | 1988 |
 | New Hotel Carquinez | 6.7 miles | 1992 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 80000799 in Record Group 79. |
| Contra Costa County | All 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.