BlockFrom the record
One of 160 National Register listings published here for Alameda County · listed in 1985 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Elliston
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1906.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 6 buildingss, 2 structuress as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 463 and 341 Kilkare Rd., Sunol, 94586
- When was it listed? June 1985
- Category. building
- Census division. Livermore-Pleasanton
- National Register reference number. 85001327 - 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
325 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 325 fires within 5 miles of Elliston between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,170 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 20 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 | 195 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 75 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
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 2014 | Smoking | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | PLEASANTON SUNOL RD / VER |
| 9 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | 84 |
| 9 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | WINERY |
| 9 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | PG&E #5 |
| 8 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 8 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | THE BOAT |
| 8 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | BMW |
| 7 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Santa Clara Unit | LOVELAND |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 35 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Elliston: 14 producers, 11 past producers, 10 occurrences. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasanton Deposit | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Pleasonton Deposit | Limestone, General | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Unknown | Stone | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Unnamed Location | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Homestead Deposit | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Isler Mountain | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Mt. Hamilton Deposit | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Overacker Mine | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Interlocking Rood Tile Co. | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Ki-Lite Mine and Mill | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this property
5 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sunol, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 1998 and 2019: 3 flood, 2 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2019 | Flood | Sunol | - | Northbound 680 at SR 84 number 1-2 lanes flooded. |
| November 2018 | Flood | Sunol | - | Flooding on SB I-680 at Koopman Rd. |
| February 2017 | Flash Flood | Sunol | - | State route 84 completely closed in both directions due to Alameda Creek flooding between Mission in Fremont to Main St in Sunol, 4 to 5 rock slides with flooding. |
| February 2017 | Flood | Sunol | - | Standing water in at least one lane I680N near SR 84E. |
| February 1998 | Flash Flood | Sunol | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
12 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.
- 1906 USGS Pleasanton quadrangle1:62500 - 5 printings
- 1941 USGS Pleasanton quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Pleasanton quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Livermore quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Niles quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Livermore quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Niles quadrangle1:24000 - 6 printings
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Thomas Foxwell Bachelder Barn | 0.9 miles | 1994 |
 | Niles Canyon Transcontinental Railroad Historic District | 2.5 miles | 2010 |
 | Heathcote-MacKenzie House | 4.1 miles | 1991 |
 | John W. Kottinger Adobe Barn | 4.4 miles | 1985 |
 | Mission San Jose | 5.0 miles | 1971 |
 | California Nursery Co. Guest House | 5.7 miles | 1971 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 85001327 in Record Group 79. |
| Alameda County | All 160 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.