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Photograph of Benbow Inn
Photograph by Gabriel Millos ( gamillos ), CC BY-SA 2.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Benbow Inn

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. 6 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1921.

From the record

One of 52 National Register listings published here for Humboldt County · listed in 1983 · category: Building.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 445 Lake Benbow Dr., Garberville, 95542
  • When was it listed? September 1983
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Garberville
  • Architectural style. Tudor Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 83001179 - 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

1921 to 1979

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 58 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Benbow Inn, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet covering Benbow Inn, surveyed 1921

Fires near this property

277 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 277 fires within 5 miles of Benbow Inn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 345 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined119
Equipment and vehicle use61
Debris and open burning30
Recreation and ceremony21
Natural14
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Smoking10
Arson/incendiarism7
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes1

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
9 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionDUMP
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitRIFLE 2
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitWINDY
8 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitORCHARD 3
8 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitTOOBY
7 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitREDWOOD
7 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitAIRPORT
5 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionDAISY

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this property

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Benbow Inn: 3 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, 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
Monschke QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cooks Valley BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Randall Gravel BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Garberville ProspectGoldUnknown
UnknownGoldOccurrencePlacer
Unnamed LocationGoldUnknown

Every working recorded in Humboldt County

Maps showing this location

6 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 83001179 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Humboldt CountyAll 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.