Built in 1883. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1886.
From the record
“The Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Alturas, California is a historic church at 507 E. 4th Street. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.”
Wikipedia article Sacred Heart Catholic Church (Alturas, California), CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 7 National Register listings published here for Modoc County · listed in 1983 · category: Building · built in 1883.
National Register reference number.83001209- 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 1993
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
107 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
18861993
Fires near this property
105 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Sacred Heart Catholic Church
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 462 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 1 was 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
33
Natural
30
Equipment and vehicle use
18
Debris and open burning
13
Misuse of fire by a minor
5
Smoking
3
Other causes
1
Power generation/transmission/distribution
1
Arson/incendiarism
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 1999
Equipment and vehicle use
15 acres
Modoc National Wildlife Refuge
RANCH
4 September 1996
Misuse of fire by a minor
under an acre
Northern California Agency
BOWMAN
3 September 2018
Equipment and vehicle use
5.4 acres
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
23 workings within 5 miles of Sacred Heart Catholic Church: 12 unknowns, 6 producers, 4 occurrences, 1 past producer.
6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Pumice, 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.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Alturas, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports between 1999 and 2019: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 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.
A spotter 1WSW Alturas reported standing water on US395. The north fork of the Pit River was running high and the south fork was at bankfull. Water was everywhere. The emergency manager of Modoc county also reported widespread flooding.
County officials reported that flash flooding was occurring along Thom's Creek and Joseph Creek on the west slopes of the Warner Mountains just below Cedar Pass. As best as can be determined, heavy showers dropped about 2 inches of rain over the Warners in the preceding few days, and this combined with snow melt due to high freezing levels led to high flows on these creeks. Nine homes were isolated by the flood waters, but no damage, deaths, or injuries were reported.
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.
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.
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.
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