BlockFrom the record
One of 19 National Register listings published here for Siskiyou County · listed in 1982 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Dunsmuir Historic Commercial District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1886.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 32 buildingss, 3 structuress as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Roughly bounded by Sacramento and Shasta Aves., Spruce and Cedar Sts. (both sides), Dunsmuir, 96025
- When was it listed? November 1982
- Category. district
- Census division. Dunsmuir
- National Register reference number. 82000993 - 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
161 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 161 fires within 5 miles of Dunsmuir Historic Commercial District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 193 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 11 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 | 38 |
| Natural | 33 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northern California District | LIGHTINING 20 |
| 7 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | MOTT |
| 7 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | MOTT #2 |
| 7 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | MOTT #3 |
| 7 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | MOTT #4 |
| 5 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | RAILROAD |
| 5 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | WATERVIEW |
| 5 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | LIGHTNING #70 |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 27 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Dunsmuir Historic Commercial District: 11 past producers, 6 unknowns, 5 occurrences, 3 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Chromium, Gold, Nickel, Gemstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coggins Mine | Chromium, Iron | Past Producer | 1916 | |
| Griffin Onyx Marble Quarry | Marble, Dimension, Gemstone | Unknown | ||
| Hedge Creek Copper Prospect | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Reported Occurrence | Talc-Soapstone | Occurrence | ||
| Sacramento River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Victoria Qtz. Prospect | Gold, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Victoria Quartz Mine | Gold, Copper, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Dunsmuir | Nickel | Occurrence | ||
| Dunsmuir | Nickel | Unknown | ||
| Reported Occurrences | Gemstone | Occurrence |
Maps showing this location
11 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
- 1935 USGS Dunsmuir quadrangle1:125000 - 4 printings
- 1948 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Dunsmuir quadrangle1:62500 - 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Mount Shasta quadrangle1:100000 - 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Dunsmuir quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Dunsmuir 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | McCloud | 7.5 miles | 1990 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 82000993 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.