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Photograph of Yung See San Fong House
Photograph by Jane Lidz, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Yung See San Fong House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1916.

From the record

One of 117 National Register listings published here for Santa Clara 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. 16660 Cypress Way, Los Gatos, 95030
  • When was it listed? September 1983
  • Category. building
  • Census division. San Jose
  • National Register reference number. 83001240 - 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

1916 to 1978

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 62 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Yung See San Fong House, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet covering Yung See San Fong House, surveyed 1916

Fires near this property

235 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 235 fires within 5 miles of Yung See San Fong House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 139 acres in total. None started naturally. 24 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/undetermined121
Equipment and vehicle use49
Arson/incendiarism24
Smoking14
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Recreation and ceremony3
Debris and open burning3
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 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSanta Clara UnitFEE
5 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSanta Clara UnitHICKS
29 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
28 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
27 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara UnitSCENIC VISTA

Every fire recorded in Santa Clara County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 36 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Yung See San Fong House: 18 past producers, 9 producers, 5 prospects, 3 occurrences. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Chromium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
Hooker CreekCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrenceMalachite
Hooker CreekCopper, Silver, GoldPast Producer
John Knorr MineStone, DimensionUnknown
Lexington QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed LocationStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
AlmaStoneProspect
Douglas RanchCalciumProducer
Douglas RanchCalciumPast Producer
Guadalupe Lime Co.CalciumProducer
Guadalupe Lime Co.CalciumPast Producer

Every working recorded in Santa Clara County

Storms near this property

15 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Los Gatos, the town this property stands in, in 15 storm reports between 2002 and 2020: 5 debris flow, 4 hail, 2 flood, 1 heavy rain. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2017HailLos Gatos$5,000,000Damage dollar amounts is a low estimate. Impacts are not fully known, but any individual car crash would likely exceed this amount.
January 2017HailLos Gatos$10no account filed
March 2020HailLos Gatos-Spotter reported small hail in Los Gatos.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindLos Gatos-Los Gatos station reported.
January 2019Debris FlowLos Gatos-Mud slide reported at Cats/Lexington south side on Hwy 17.
November 2018FloodLos Gatos-Roadway flooding reported at Daves Avenue and SR9.
January 2017Flash FloodLos Gatos-Los Gatos Creek flooding.
January 2017Funnel CloudLos Gatos-Video of brief funnel cloud submitted via social media. Location and timing are approximate from radar.
February 2017Debris FlowLos Gatos-Mud and rocks blocking Limekin Canyon Rd at Soda Springs Rd.
February 2017Debris FlowLos Gatos-Highway 17 southbound shut down due to rock slide just north of Lexington Reservoir.
February 2017Debris FlowLos Gatos-Mud slide reported at 18500 Limekiln Canyon Road.
February 2017Debris FlowLos Gatos-Rock slide, trees down at SR9 and Serramonte off ramp.
January 2010FloodLos Gatos-State Highway 17 was closed for about three hours due to flooding.
March 2017HailLos Gatos-no account filed
December 2002Heavy RainLos Gatos-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Santa Clara County

Maps showing this location

11 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.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Forbes Mill Annex1.2 miles1978
Los Gatos Historic Commercial District1.3 miles1991
McCullagh-Jones House2.0 miles1974
John Steinbeck House2.4 miles1989
We and Our Neighbors Clubhouse2.5 miles1978
Earl and Virginia Young House3.1 miles2009

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 83001240 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Santa Clara CountyAll 117 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.