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One of 22 National Register listings published here for Amador County · listed in 1986 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
John A. Butterfield House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. 14 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1889.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Butterfield, John A., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 115 Broadway, Jackson, 95642
- When was it listed? September 1986
- Category. building
- Census division. Jackson
- National Register reference number. 86002412 - 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
1889 to 1993The ground this property stands on, surveyed 104 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
291 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 291 fires within 5 miles of John A. Butterfield House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 72,121 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 23 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 | 100 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 86 |
| Debris and open burning | 52 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70,868 acres | Amador-El Dorado Unit | BUTTE |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | PARDEE |
| 9 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Amador-El Dorado Unit | PINE |
| 8 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | SUNSET |
| 7 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Amador-El Dorado Unit | SUNSET |
| 7 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Amador-El Dorado Unit | CLINTON |
| 5 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Amador-El Dorado Unit | BUTTE |
| 30 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | RIDGE |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 338 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 338 workings within 5 miles of John A. Butterfield House: 142 occurrences, 82 past producers, 73 prospects, 25 unknowns. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Ranch | Gold, PGE, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Anita | Gold, Copper, Iron | Past Producer | Gold, Iron | |
| Ayers, Charlers | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel | |
| Central Eureka | Gold, Silver, Iron, Zinc, Lead, Copper | Producer | 1855 | |
| Deposits | Limestone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Digitalli | Cobalt, Copper, Manganese | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Digitalli | Manganese | Unknown | ||
| Ellis | Chromium | Producer | Chromite | |
| Ellis Property | Chromium, Iron | Prospect | ||
| G. J. Alexander | Stone, Dimension | Occurrence |
Storms near this property
3 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jackson, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 1999 and 2022: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2022 | Flood | Jackson | $50,000 | OES said the roadway flooded with cars getting stuck & 15 people needed help. |
| January 2017 | Flood | Jackson | - | Flooding reported on Highway 49, along South Ave. in Jackson for backs of houses near creek, possible flooded basements. Jackson Creek and Sutter Creek rose over banks. Three bridges shut down in the area. |
| February 1999 | Flash Flood | Jackson | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
14 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.
- 1889 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:125000 - 7 printings
- 1941 USGS Sutter Creek quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Sutter Creek quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Sutter Creek quadrangle1:62500
- 1962 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Sutter Creek quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1993 USGS San Andreas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Grace Blair DePue House and Indian Museum | 0.2 miles | 1982 |
 | Jackson Downtown Historic District | 0.2 miles | 2000 |
 | William J. Paugh House | 0.3 miles | 2007 |
 | Amador County Hospital Building | 0.4 miles | 1972 |
| Amador County Hospital Building | 0.4 miles | 1972 |
 | Saint Sava Serbian Orthodox Church | 0.7 miles | 1986 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 86002412 in Record Group 79. |
| Amador County | All 22 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.