BlockFrom the record
One of 21 National Register listings published here for El Dorado County · listed in 1987 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Heller Estate
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1889.
The listing
- Address. NW of US 50 and CA 89 jct. on N side of CA 89, South Lake Tahoe, 96150
- When was it listed? April 1987
- Category. building
- Census division. South Lake Tahoe
- National Register reference number. 87000497 - 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 1992The ground this property stands on, surveyed 103 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
409 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 409 fires within 5 miles of Heller Estate between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,452 acres in total. 34 started naturally. 32 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 | 113 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 101 |
| Smoking | 57 |
| Natural | 34 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 32 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
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 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 8 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | KEYS |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | VALHALLA |
| 7 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | EIGHT |
| 7 September 1994 | Smoking | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | not named |
| 5 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | GRANITE |
| 5 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | CASCADE |
Mines and quarries near this property
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Heller Estate: 4 occurrences, 4 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Gold, Scandium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Scandium | Unknown | ||
| Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Anderson Pit | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Butler Pit | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Gilmore Lake Prospect | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Golden Rule | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Anderson Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Butler Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Quarry 1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown |
Storms near this property
11 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Lake Tahoe, the town this property stands in, in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 5 hail, 4 flood, 2 heavy rain. 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 2005 | Flood | South Lake Tahoe | $1,000,000 | Localized flooding was reported in areas south of Lake Tahoe. Sierra Pacific Power Company reported that at least eight power poles were knocked down, most likely due to the saturated ground. Power lines were also downed when trees fell on them. Around 4,000 people were left without power south of Lake Tahoe. This was the all-time record flood on Trout Creek in South Lake Tahoe and Tahoe Valley, flooding U.S. Highway 50. General Creek flooded California Highway 89 at Sugar Pine Point State Park. |
| February 2017 | Flood | South Lake Tahoe | $250,000 | Heavy rain combined with snow berms and clogged storm drains to bring flooding to around 10 homes in South Lake Tahoe starting on the 8th. Bill and Shirley Avenues saw the most flooding damage per a KCRA news article. The damages are roughly estimated. |
| December 1996 | Heavy Rain | South Lake Tahoe | $100,000 | no account filed |
| October 2023 | Heavy Rain | South Lake Tahoe | - | A CoCoRaHS station (CA-ED-35) located 1.4 mi ENE of South Lake Tahoe reported a total rainfall amount of 0.56 inches. |
| March 2018 | Flood | South Lake Tahoe | - | Tahoe Daily Tribune reported that heavy rainfall caused flooding at two residences in South Lake Tahoe along Bill Avenue on 22 March. No damage estimates were available. |
| September 2017 | Hail | South Lake Tahoe | - | Public reported nickel size hail via Facebook. |
| July 2015 | Hail | South Lake Tahoe | - | The hail was estimated to be golf-ball sized from a Facebook image. The hail broke flower pots, a birdbath and two glass tables. |
| August 2013 | Hail | South Lake Tahoe | - | Penny to nickel hail was reported in South Lake Tahoe with hail accumulations up to 2 inches deep. |
| September 1998 | Hail | South Lake Tahoe | - | Very brief hail estimated up to 0.75 inch diameter along the south shore of Lake Tahoe near Emerald Bay. Reported by California Highway Patrol. |
| July 2015 | Hail | South Lake Tahoe | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Flood | South Lake Tahoe | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
12 surveysUnited 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.
- 1889 USGS Pyramid Peak quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Pyramid Peak quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Pyramid Peak quadrangle1:125000 - 2 printings
- 1896 USGS Pyramid Peak quadrangle1:125000 - 7 printings
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Emerald Bay quadrangle1:24000 - 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Fallen Leaf Lake quadrangle1:62500 - 7 printings
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
- 1976 USGS Placerville quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Emerald Bay quadrangle1:24000
Listed places nearby
4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Pope Estate | 0.3 miles | 1987 |
| Baldwin Estate | 0.4 miles | 1987 | |
 | Vikingsholm | 3.6 miles | 1996 |
| Tahoe Meadows | 5.1 miles | 1990 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 87000497 in Record Group 79. |
| El Dorado County | All 21 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.