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Photograph of City Hotel
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City Hotel

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1893.

From the record

“The City Hotel in Sonora, California is a former hotel in downtown Sonora at 145 South Washington Street. The building, constructed circa 1852, is associated with Alonzo Green, Sonora's mayor in 1852 and 1853, and James Lane.”

Wikipedia article City Hotel (Sonora, California), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 32 National Register listings published here for Tuolumne County · listed in 1983 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · 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. 145 S. Washington St., Sonora, 95370
  • When was it listed? June 1983
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Sonora
  • National Register reference number. 83001248 - 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.

Fires near this property

1,013 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,013 fires within 5 miles of City Hotel between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,450 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 58 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/undetermined406
Equipment and vehicle use220
Debris and open burning166
Misuse of fire by a minor69
Arson/incendiarism58
Smoking32
Power generation/transmission/distribution28
Natural22
Recreation and ceremony7
Other causes2
Fireworks2
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitMONO
9 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral California DistrictENOS
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitLIGHTNING#21
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitLIGHTNING#37
9 September 1999Natural1.0 acresCentral California DistrictLIGHTING 24
9 September 1996Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitCOX
9 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitFERENCZY
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.8 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionCAMPBELL

Every fire recorded in Tuolumne County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 358 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 358 workings within 5 miles of City Hotel: 136 unknowns, 87 past producers, 61 occurrences, 60 producers. 61 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Limestone, Dimension, Chromium. 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
B Brown We Finch Ad HunterTalc-SoapstoneOccurrence
Bell Columbia Marble QuarryMarble, DimensionProducerMetamorphic
Golden StarGold, Copper, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Hard To FindGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Mackey MineChromium, IronPast Producer1860, 1908
Reported OccurenceSlate, DimensionOccurrence
Reported OccurenceBerylliumOccurrence
Shell RanchCopper, GoldProspect
SonoraSilver, GoldProducer
Sonora PlantMagnesiteProducer

Every working recorded in Tuolumne County

Storms near this property

10 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sonora, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 4 flash flood, 3 heavy rain, 3 flood. The reports record 1 death. 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
November 1996Flash FloodSonora1 killedno account filed
September 2005Heavy RainSonora$5,000no account filed
March 2023FloodSonora-Caltrans District 10 reported a mudslide on State Route 49 between Fairview Lane and Mill Villa Court in Sonora due to heavy rain.
March 2023Flash FloodSonora-Flash flooding was reported in the downtown area of Sonora due to heavy rain from a severe thunderstorm. Tuolumne County OES reported a creek flowing out of banks, and water flowing over Washington Street, impacting approximately 25 to 30 homes, 10 public buildings and 30 businesses.
March 2019FloodSonora-Caltrans reported road flooding in the Sonora area.
March 2019FloodSonora-Multiple reports of road flooding in Sonora, CA.
March 2019Flash FloodSonora-Tuolumne County Sheriff Reported flash flooding at Woods Creek near Stockton St. in Sonora, Ca.
March 2016Heavy RainSonora-Spotter reported 1.01 inches of rain fell in 4 hours. Hasn't seen any flooding, but heard small creeks are running high and fast.
February 2000Heavy RainSonora-no account filed
February 1999Flash FloodSonora-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Tuolumne County

Maps showing this location

12 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
Sugg Houseunder 500 feet1984
Tuolumne County Courthouse (Boundary Increase)0.2 miles2007
Tuolumne County Courthouse0.2 miles1981
Tuolumne County Jail0.2 miles1978
Cady House0.2 miles1982
Sonora Youth Center0.6 miles2009

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 83001248 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Tuolumne CountyAll 32 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.