Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1896.
“The Long Beach Main Post Office is a post office located on Long Beach Boulevard in downtown Long Beach, California.”
Wikipedia article Long Beach Main Post Office, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 616 National Register listings published here for Los Angeles County · listed in 1985 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 5 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of US Post Office-Long Beach Main between 2005 and 2020, burning about 76 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 78 |
| Smoking | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 18 September 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 13 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 4 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 26 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 25 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 24 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 24 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of US Post Office-Long Beach Main: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Limestone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Empire Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Long Beach Brick Co | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Long Beach Brick Co. | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| R Loynes | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| R. Loynes | Clay | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Long Beach, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 1998 and 2004: 3 flood, 2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud. The reports record 1 injury. 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 1998 | Tornado (F1) | Long Beach | 1 hurt | A small tornado swept through eastern sections of Long Beach. The tornado developed over Los Altos Park and travelled northeast to Studebaker Road. The most significant damage occurred to a Lucky's Supermarket where a 60 foot by 60 foot section of their roof collapsed. Also...Cubberley Elementary School lost a section of its roof. Other minor damage occurred from fallen trees and power lines. One minor injury was reported. |
| March 2002 | High Wind | Long Beach | - | Gusty northwest winds between 30 and 40 mph knocked a 16 foot boat into the breakwater in Long Beach Harbor. No one was injured, but the boat sank. |
| October 2000 | Flood | Long Beach | - | The combination of heavy rain and clogged storm drains resulted in urban flooding in the community of Long Beach. The Long Beach Freeway (Interstate 710) was closed for 6 hours between Willow Street and Pacific Coast Highway. |
| March 1999 | Flood | Long Beach | - | Moderate rainfall produced local street flooding in the Long Beach area. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Long Beach | - | Strong thunderstorm winds produced damage across parts of the Long Beach area. At a car dealership, the roof of a couple of service bays was blown off. Next door, a 600 square-foot section of roof was torn off a aircraft instrument company. |
| March 1998 | Funnel Cloud | Long Beach | - | A spotter in the community of Long Beach reported a funnel cloud. |
| December 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Long Beach | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Long Beach | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Flood | Long Beach | - | no account filed |
| February 1998 | Funnel Cloud | Long Beach | - | no account filed |
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.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Middough Brothers-Insurance Exchange Building | 0.2 miles | 2003 |
| Security Trust and Savings Building | 0.3 miles | 2019 | |
 | Willmore, The | 0.3 miles | 1999 |
 | Long Beach Professional Building | 0.3 miles | 2005 |
 | First National Bank of Long Beach | 0.3 miles | 1990 |
 | First Congregational Church of Long Beach | 0.4 miles | 2012 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 85000129 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Los Angeles County | All 616 listed properties in this county. |
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