From the record
One of 50 National Register listings published here for Marin County · listed in 1985 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1916.
One of 50 National Register listings published here for Marin County · listed in 1985 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 79 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 12 fires within 5 miles of Pierce Ranch between 1996 and 2020, burning about 11 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity Unit | TUCKER |
| 11 September 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Point Reyes National Seashore | PIERCE |
| 23 August 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Point Reyes National Seashore | CYPRUS |
| 20 August 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Point Reyes National Seashore | HUT |
| 7 July 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Point Reyes National Seashore | PELICAN |
| 6 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.1 acres | Point Reyes National Seashore | PIERCE |
| 31 July 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Marin County Fire Department | not named |
| 16 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Marin County Fire Department | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Pierce Ranch: 3 occurrences, 3 prospects, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General | Occurrence | Limestone | |
| Unnamed Quarry | Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Tomales Point | Gold | Occurrence | Beach Placer | |
| Tomales Point | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Dillon Beach Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Inverness, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports in 2019: 3 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 | Inverness | - | Roadway flooding Sr Francis Drake Blvd and Mount Vision Fire Rd. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Inverness | - | Sir Francis Drake Blvd by Vision Rd is flooded and currently impassable, Pierce Point Rd by Keohe Beach Trailhead is also flooded. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Inverness | - | Roads between Inverness and Point Reyes are closed due to flooding. |
United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Tomales Presbyterian Church and Cemetery | 4.6 miles | 1975 |
| Station KPH Operating Station | 5.2 miles | 1989 | |
| Station KPH, Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America | 5.2 miles | 2025 | |
| RCA Point Reyes Receiving Station | 6.5 miles | 2018 | |
| Point Reyes Peninsula Dairy Ranches Historic District | 7.7 miles | 2018 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 85003324 in Record Group 79. |
| Marin County | All 50 listed properties in this county. |