BlockFrom the record
One of 52 National Register listings published here for Humboldt County · listed in 1982 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Gushaw-Mudgett House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. 7 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1944.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 820 9th St., Fortuna, 95540
- When was it listed? January 1982
- Category. building
- Census division. Fortuna
- National Register reference number. 82002184 - 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
1944 to 1987The ground this property stands on, surveyed 43 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
131 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Gushaw-Mudgett House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 180 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 12 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 | 43 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 34 |
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | LOLETA |
| 5 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | PALMER |
| 5 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | LOOP |
| 28 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | CEMETARY |
| 27 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | FERNBRIDGE |
| 27 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | CHRIS |
| 27 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | MORGAN |
| 26 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | CARROLL RD LOLETA |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Gushaw-Mudgett House: 10 producers, 3 prospects. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Location | Clay | Prospect | Sedimentary | |
| Alton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Eel River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ell River Crushing Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Fernbridge Gravel Bar | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Fortuna Bar | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Fortuna Ready Mix Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Fortuna Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hansen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mencer Fraser Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect |
Storms near this property
1 since 2025Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fortuna, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 2025: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | Flood | Fortuna | - | River gauge exceeded flood stage for nearly 24-hours at Fernbridge. The river flooded secondary roads and farm fields but did not flood the highway. |
Maps showing this location
7 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.
- 1944 USGS Fortuna quadrangle1:62500 - 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Fortuna quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Fortuna quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Eureka 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Fernbridge | 2.6 miles | 1987 |
 | Grizzly Bluff School | 2.6 miles | 1979 |
 | Bank of Loleta | 4.5 miles | 1985 |
 | Alford-Nielson House | 5.4 miles | 1986 |
 | Ferndale Public Library | 5.6 miles | 1990 |
 | Shaw House | 5.7 miles | 1984 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 82002184 in Record Group 79. |
| Humboldt County | All 52 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.