BlockFrom the record
One of 19 National Register listings published here for Siskiyou County · listed in 1980 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Shasta Inn and Weed Lumber Company Boarding House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1886.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 829 and 877 N. Davis St., Weed, 96094
- When was it listed? November 1980
- Category. building
- Census division. Weed
- National Register reference number. 80000869 - 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
1886 to 1998The ground this property stands on, surveyed 112 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
224 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 224 fires within 5 miles of Shasta Inn and Weed Lumber Company Boarding House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,322 acres in total. 39 started naturally. 17 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 | 71 |
| Debris and open burning | 53 |
| Natural | 39 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | DILLER |
| 7 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | WEED |
| 6 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Siskiyou Unit | ROSEBURG |
| 3 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | SPRING HILL |
| 29 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | BOBCAT |
| 28 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | GALLOP |
| 27 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | FIVE |
| 22 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | MEADOW |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Shasta Inn and Weed Lumber Company Boarding House: 4 occurrences, 4 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Asbestos, Chromium, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unidentified Workings | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Mills Ranch Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Occurrance | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Meadow View | Chromium | Producer | ||
| Meadow View | Chromium | Past Producer | ||
| North View Prospect | Asbestos | Occurrence | ||
| Reported Location | Chromium | Unknown | ||
| Reported Occurrence | Asbestos | Occurrence | ||
| Shasta View | Asbestos | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Location | Chromium | Unknown |
Storms near this property
6 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Weed, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 1997 and 2018: 3 heavy rain, 2 flash flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2018 | Hail | Weed | - | A spotter 4SW of Weed reported 1 drifts of mainly 1/2 inch diameter hail. Maximum hail size was 1 inch. |
| February 2004 | Flash Flood | Weed | - | A county official reported flooding on College Ave. in Weed at 0935 PST. |
| February 1998 | Heavy Rain | Weed | - | Spotter in Weed recorded 12 hr. rainfall total of 1.75 |
| February 1998 | Heavy Rain | Weed | - | Spotter 6 mi. W of Black Butte recorded 24 hr. rainfall total of 3.21 |
| August 1997 | Flash Flood | Weed | - | FLASH FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOW DOWN WHITNEY CREEK ON NORTH SIDE OF MT. SHASTA AND ACROSS HWY 97 AFTER REMNANTS OF A TROPICAL SYSTEM PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN OVERNIGHT. DEBRIS FLOW ACROSS HWY 97 WAS 1/2 MILE WIDE AND UP TO 7 FT. DEEP. WATER AND DEBRIS DAMMED UP BEHIND ROAD ENBANKMENT AND WHITNEY CREEK CUT A NEW CHANNLE THREATENING HOMES DOWN STREAM. |
| March 1998 | Heavy Rain | Weed | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
12 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.
- 1886 USGS Shasta quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1894 USGS Shasta quadrangle1:250000 - 8 printings
- 1922 USGS Shasta Valley Sheet No 9 quadrangle1:24000
- 1935 USGS Dunsmuir quadrangle1:125000 - 4 printings
- 1948 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Weed quadrangle1:62500 - 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Mount Shasta quadrangle1:100000 - 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Weed quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Weed quadrangle1:24000
Listed places nearby
1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Edgewood Store | 3.2 miles | 2004 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 80000869 in Record Group 79. |
| Siskiyou County | All 19 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.