Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1888.
From the record
“The Nevada Brewery is a historic building located at 107 Sacramento Street in Nevada City, California, United States. A brewery on the site dates back to 1857, with granite walls constructed in 1882.”
Wikipedia article Nevada Brewery, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 22 National Register listings published here for Nevada County · listed in 1985 · category: Building.
National Register reference number.85002303- 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
1888 to 2000
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
112 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
18882000
Fires near this property
724 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 724 fires within 5 miles of Nevada Brewery
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,568 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 29 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
291
Debris and open burning
170
Equipment and vehicle use
116
Misuse of fire by a minor
36
Smoking
35
Arson/incendiarism
29
Power generation/transmission/distribution
19
Recreation and ceremony
13
Natural
12
Other causes
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 2019
Misuse of fire by a minor
under an acre
Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit
SNMH CRISIS STABILIZATION
9 September 2000
Misuse of fire by a minor
under an acre
Central California District
ADAMS
9 September 1996
Equipment and vehicle use
under an acre
Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit
CAREY
8 September 2007
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
1.0 acres
Central California District
UNNAMED FIRE 1886
7 September 2020
Arson/incendiarism
1.0 acres
Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit
HWY 20 / DORSEY DR
7 September 2019
Equipment and vehicle use
under an acre
Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit
5 MILE
7 September 2014
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
8.0 acres
Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit
PASQUALE
6 September 2009
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
800 workings within 5 miles of Nevada Brewery: 402 past producers, 289 occurrences, 87 unknowns, 12 producers.
12 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Copper, Lead, Zinc. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Nevada City, the town this property stands in, in 9 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 5 flood, 3 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind.
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.
Roadway flooding was reported in Nevada County as creeks went over their banks. This also included flooding into a downtown Nevada City garage and into residential backyards.
The local news paper reported that multiple members of the public were sending in reports of localized street flooding in Nevada City. This particular point does not necessarily reflect the exact location of flooding and the time of this report is based on radar and observations.
Showers developed in a southwest to northeast line from southwest of Stockton area to northeast of Quincy. Trained spotters reported 1.50 of heavy rainfall as convective showers trained over the area all day long on Sept 2nd. Flooding was reported at 10:43 am PST along Highway 49 in Alta Sierra. Flooding was also reported at 10:46 am PST along Highways 49 and 20 in Nevada City. Rain continued through the early morning Sept. 3rd.
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.
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.
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