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Photograph of Bank of Tracy
Photograph by Michael Aivaliotis, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Bank of Tracy

Built in 1920 (Neoclassical architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1916.

From the record

“The Bank of Tracy is a historic commercial building in Tracy, California, completed in 1920. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.”

Wikipedia article Bank of Tracy, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 36 National Register listings published here for San Joaquin County · listed in 1980 · category: Building · built in 1920, Neoclassical architecture, by W. H. Weeks.

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. 801 Central Ave., Tracy, 95376
  • When was it listed? June 1980
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Tracy
  • When was it built? 1920
  • Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
  • Architect. W. H. Weeks
  • National Register reference number. 80000851 - 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

394 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 394 fires within 5 miles of Bank of Tracy between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,570 acres in total. None started naturally. 18 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/undetermined295
Equipment and vehicle use40
Arson/incendiarism18
Smoking15
Debris and open burning10
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3

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
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Every fire recorded in San Joaquin County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Bank of Tracy: 6 producers, 4 unknowns, 2 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Kerlinger PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Tracy PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Huck MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Marks PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pacific Coast Aggregates, Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Pereira PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Stanfield & MoodySand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Teekay Manganese PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Teichert AggregateSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Tracy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in San Joaquin County

Storms near this property

4 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tracy, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports between 1997 and 2005: 2 tornado, 1 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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
December 2005Tornado (F0)Tracy$20,000no account filed
March 1998Tornado (F0)Tracy$1,000no account filed
May 1998Funnel CloudTracy-no account filed
January 1997Flash FloodTracy-no account filed

Every storm recorded in San Joaquin County

Maps showing this location

9 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
Tracy City Hall and Jailunder 500 feet1979
Bank of Italy0.1 miles1985
West Side Bank0.1 miles1978
Tracy Inn0.2 miles1980

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 80000851 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
San Joaquin CountyAll 36 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.