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Gables, The

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1916.

From the record

One of 73 National Register listings published here for Sonoma County · listed in 1984 · category: Building.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 4 buildingss, 2 structuress as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 4257 Petaluma Hill Rd., Santa Rosa, 95404
  • When was it listed? September 1984
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Santa Rosa
  • National Register reference number. 84001206 - 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 1994

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Gables, The, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet covering Gables, The, surveyed 1916

Fires near this property

420 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 420 fires within 5 miles of Gables, The between 1992 and 2020, burning about 560 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 31 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/undetermined215
Equipment and vehicle use82
Smoking48
Arson/incendiarism31
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Debris and open burning13
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural1

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
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 1992Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitRUSSELL
7 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBENNETT VLY # 1
5 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBENNETT VLY #2

Every fire recorded in Sonoma County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Gables, The: 6 past producers, 5 producers, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Perlite. 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
Unnamed LocationPerliteProspect
Z and G Quarry and MillStone, DimensionUnknown
Onsrud Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Onsrud Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Spaletta Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Cambou QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
Cambou QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Petaluma Hill RoadStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
WilliamsStoneProducer
WilliamsStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Sonoma County

Storms near this property

13 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Santa Rosa, the town this property stands in, in 13 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 5 hail, 3 tornado, 2 heavy rain, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 1998Tornado (F1)Santa Rosa$1,000,000no account filed
March 2011Tornado (EF1)Santa Rosa$50,000An EF1 tornado completely destroyed a metal building and severely bent a metal gate.
December 2004Tornado (F0)Santa Rosa$3,000Brief F0 tornado touchdown in the NW portion of the city of Santa Rosa, picked up cinder blocks and threw them into the roof of a house, putting holes in the roof. Law enforcement officer reported swirl of debris passed over his car.
November 2024Heavy RainSanta Rosa$10A total of 12.47 of rain was observed at the Santa Rosa COOP station from November 19 at 4 PM to November 22 at 4 PM. This marks the wettest three-day period on record for the station.
November 2025FloodSanta Rosa-Roadway flooding was reported on the connectors between eastbound California Highway 12 and northbound US Highway 101 and westbound Highway 12 to southbound Highway 101.
March 2021HailSanta Rosa-Santa Rosa Fire Department reports multiple vehicle accidents on hwy 101 due to accumulating small hail.
August 2020HailSanta Rosa-Video on twitter showing small hail in Santa Rosa.
January 2017FloodSanta Rosa-Freeway shutdown at Hwy 101N due to flooding.
February 2018HailSanta Rosa-no account filed
January 2018HailSanta Rosa-no account filed
June 2017HailSanta Rosa-no account filed
December 2002Heavy RainSanta Rosa-no account filed
February 1996Flash FloodSanta Rosa-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sonoma 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
Park Apartments3.1 miles1979
Luther Burbank House and Garden3.1 miles1966
Railroad Square District3.4 miles2025
Hotel La Rose3.4 miles1978
Rosenburg's Department Store3.5 miles1994
Old Post Office3.6 miles1979

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 84001206 in Record Group 79.
Sonoma CountyAll 73 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.