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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
John W. Kottinger Adobe Barn
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 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Kottinger, John W., Adobe Barn - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 200 Ray St., Pleasanton, 94566
- When was it listed? September 1985
- Category. building
- Census division. Livermore-Pleasanton
- National Register reference number. 85002305 - 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
352 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 352 fires within 5 miles of John W. Kottinger Adobe Barn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,227 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 25 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 | 210 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 72 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Smoking | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 2014 | Smoking | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | PLEASANTON SUNOL RD / VER |
| 9 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | WINERY |
| 8 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 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 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 31 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of John W. Kottinger Adobe Barn: 13 past producers, 11 producers, 7 occurrences. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Clay, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bezley Quarry | Silver | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Pleasanton Deposit | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Pleasonton Deposit | Limestone, General | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Unnamed Location | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Homestead Deposit | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Isler Mountain | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Mt. Hamilton Deposit | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Overacker Mine | Manganese | Occurrence |
Storms near this property
6 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pleasanton, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 1996 and 2021: 3 hail, 2 flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2021 | Hail | Pleasanton | - | Spotter reported pea sized hail in north Pleasanton. |
| March 2020 | Hail | Pleasanton | - | Thunderstorm cell moved over the East Bay in the afternoon producing small hail over Livermore and Pleasanton. |
| January 2019 | Hail | Pleasanton | - | Spotter reported small hail east of Pleasanton. |
| February 2017 | Flood | Pleasanton | - | Westbound 580 flooded, 3 to 4 feet of water on northbound lanes. |
| October 2009 | Flood | Pleasanton | - | Heavy rain caused major flooding on Bernal Avenue at Valley Avenue. |
| November 1996 | Flash Flood | Pleasanton | - | 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 quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Livermore quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Livermore quadrangle1:24000 - 6 printings
- 1961 USGS Livermore quadrangle1:62500 - 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Heathcote-MacKenzie House | 0.7 miles | 1991 |
 | Thomas Foxwell Bachelder Barn | 3.7 miles | 1994 |
 | Hagemann Ranch Historic District | 4.3 miles | 2008 |
 | Elliston | 4.4 miles | 1985 |
 | Niles Canyon Transcontinental Railroad Historic District | 4.4 miles | 2010 |
 | St. Raymond's Church | 4.5 miles | 2006 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 85002305 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.