BlockFrom the record
One of 52 National Register listings published here for Humboldt County · listed in 1986 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Simpson-Vance House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1922.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Simpson--Vance House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 904 G St., Eureka, 95501
- When was it listed? July 1986
- Category. building
- Census division. Eureka
- Architectural style. Queen Anne style architecture in the United States
- National Register reference number. 86001668 - 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
1922 to 1987The ground this property stands on, surveyed 65 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Fires near this property
100 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Simpson-Vance House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 320 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 14 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 | 40 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 205 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 8 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | GILL |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | ELK |
| 7 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | CUTTEN |
| 5 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | BEECHWOOD |
| 4 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Northern California District | YOUNG |
| 4 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | MCKAY |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Simpson-Vance House: 4 occurrences, 4 prospects, 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haw Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Fred Carlson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Haw Quarry | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Manila Dunes Sand Removal | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Freshwater Slough | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Freshwater Slough | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Loofbourrow | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Thompson Brick Co | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Clay | Prospect | Sedimentary |
Storms near this property
8 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eureka, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 5 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Eureka | $100 | A waterspout over Humboldt Bay moved inland across Woodley Island. A boat anemometer measured a wind speed of 54 mph associated with the brief tornado. In addition, a fiber glass case snapped on a dock. The path length was estimated to be 200 feet, and the width was approximately 30 yards. |
| December 2022 | Flood | Eureka | - | Minor flooding across Waterfront Drive near the marina in Eureka. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Eureka | - | Roadway flooding at 1656 Union Street in Eureka; near intersection of Union Street and West Church Avenue. |
| December 2002 | Flood | Eureka | - | Small stream flooding occurred in a wide swath across central Humboldt County. |
| December 2002 | Heavy Rain | Eureka | - | Eureka set an all time daily rainfall record of 6.79 inches. Nearby Honeydew reported 11.24 inches. |
| December 2002 | Flood | Eureka | - | Widespread urban and small stream flooding in Eureka and around Humboldt Bay. |
| November 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Flood | Eureka | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
10 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.
- 1922 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:62500
- 1933 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:62500 - 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:100000
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Eureka Inn | under 500 feet | 1982 |
 | Thomas F. Ricks House | 0.1 miles | 1992 |
 | Carnegie Free Library | 0.1 miles | 1986 |
 | Eureka Theatre | 0.2 miles | 2010 |
 | U.S. Post Office and Courthouse | 0.2 miles | 1983 |
 | Sweasey Theater-Loew's State Theater | 0.3 miles | 2009 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 86001668 in Record Group 79. |
| Humboldt County | All 52 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.