Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1894.
“The Alta Mesa Farm Bureau Hall in Wilton, California was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.”
Wikipedia article Alta Mesa Farm Bureau Hall, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 106 National Register listings published here for Sacramento County · listed in 1987 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Alta Mesa Farm Bureau Hall between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,256 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 | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | CLAY STATION RD / HY 104 |
| 11 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Amador-El Dorado Unit | VOULA |
| 8 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | CLAY |
| 7 August 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | STONE |
| 7 August 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Amador-El Dorado Unit | KATINA |
| 7 August 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 36 acres | Amador-El Dorado Unit | CLAY |
| 4 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | CLAY |
| 26 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | CLAY |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Alta Mesa Farm Bureau Hall: 3 producers, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanford Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mahon | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Wilton Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Sloughhouse | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Sloughhouse | Gold | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wilton, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 2 flash flood, 1 flood. The reports record 1 death. 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 1997 | Flash Flood | Wilton | 1 killed, $2,400,000 | no account filed |
| January 2023 | Flash Flood | Wilton | $134,000,000 | The Cosumnes River rose rapidly due to very heavy rains and already elevated levels from previous storms. Sacramento County OES confirmed the levee along the Cosumnes River breached in three locations overnight, causing flash flooding in the surrounding areas from Rancho Murieta to Wilton. SR 99 between Dillard Rd and Grantline Rd was flooded with numerous vehicles stuck in flood waters, requiring water rescues and was closed around midnight due to flooding. Flooding continued well into January. Sacramento County issued an evacuation warning overnight for the Wilton area, changed to a shelter-in-place warning a couple of hours later due to unsafe travel conditions with surrounding flooded areas. There were an estimated 3,200 to 3,500 people in the impacted area. There were three drownings attributed to the flooding, each entered as an individual event. |
| February 2017 | Flood | Wilton | - | Green Rd. in Wilton flooded due to levee over topping. Evacuations were ordered for low lying portions of Wilton and Point Pleasant. |
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.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elk Grove Historic District | 7.8 miles | 1988 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 86003577 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Sacramento County | All 106 listed properties in this county. |
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