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One of 49 National Register listings published here for Contra Costa County · listed in 1984 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Clayton Vineyards-DeMartini Winery
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1896.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 sitess, 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 5919 Clayton Rd., Clayton, 94517
- When was it listed? August 1984
- Category. building
- Census division. Central Contra Costa
- National Register reference number. 84000767 - 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
309 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 309 fires within 5 miles of Clayton Vineyards-DeMartini Winery between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,539 acres in total. None started naturally. 57 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 | 133 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 57 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 54 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 32 |
| Smoking | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 acres | Santa Clara Unit | 3-JUN |
| 8 September 2013 | Firearms and explosives use | 3,100 acres | Santa Clara Unit | MORGAN |
| 7 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | MITCHELL |
| 7 September 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | KIRKER |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | not named |
| 30 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 76 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 76 workings within 5 miles of Clayton Vineyards-DeMartini Winery: 24 past producers, 23 occurrences, 13 prospects, 11 producers. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Asbestos, Silver, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowell | Limestone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Mt. Diablo Lime Marl Co. | Limestone, General | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Silver Mine | Copper, Manganese, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Zinc, Mercury, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Zinc, Copper, Mercury | Past Producer | ||
| Bailey Ranch Pumice Deposit | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Bailey Ranch Pumice Deposit | Pumice | Past Producer | ||
| Black Point | Copper, Mercury | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Harrison-Birdwell - Pacific Cement and Aggregates Co. | Stone | Producer |
Storms near this property
4 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clayton, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports in 2017: 2 flood, 2 debris flow. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2017 | Flood | Clayton | - | Marsh Creek Road at Pine Lane roadway completely flooded. |
| March 2017 | Debris Flow | Clayton | - | Mud/rock slide on Marsh Creek Road near Morgan Territory Road. Large boulders in roadway. |
| February 2017 | Flood | Clayton | - | Flooding roadway enough to cause vehicles to lose traction Kirker pass NR Hess Rd. |
| February 2017 | Debris Flow | Clayton | - | Mud slide blocking wb lane of Marsh Creek jeo Aspara. |
Maps showing this location
9 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.
- 1896 USGS Mt. Diablo quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Mt. Diablo quadrangle1:62500 - 7 printings
- 1943 USGS Mt. Diablo quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Clayton quadrangle1:24000 - 9 printings
- 1956 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
- 1966 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Stockton quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Black Diamond Mines | 4.4 miles | 1991 |
 | Shadelands Ranch House | 4.7 miles | 1985 |
 | Old Borges Ranch | 5.3 miles | 1981 |
 | Don Francisco Galindo House | 5.7 miles | 1988 |
 | Don Fernando Pacheco Adobe | 6.8 miles | 1980 |
 | William T. Hendrick House | 7.7 miles | 1983 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 84000767 in Record Group 79. |
| Contra Costa County | All 49 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.