Built in 1979. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1930.
From the record
“The Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park is a state historic park of California, United States, interpreting Native American cultures of the Great Basin and surrounding regions. The park and its grounds are situated on the Antelope Valley's rural east side in northern Los Angeles County, California.”
Wikipedia article Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 616 National Register listings published here for Los Angeles County · listed in 1987 · category: Building · built in 1979.
National Register reference number.87000509- 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.
Fires near this property
111 since 2005
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Antelope Valley Indian Museum
between 2005 and 2020, burning about 177 acres in total. None started naturally. 18 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
69
Arson/incendiarism
18
Misuse of fire by a minor
14
Debris and open burning
8
Equipment and vehicle use
1
Smoking
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 2008
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
9 September 2005
Misuse of fire by a minor
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
8 September 2011
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
Los Angeles County Fire Department
not named
8 September 2005
Debris and open burning
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
23 September 2007
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
18 September 2011
Misuse of fire by a minor
under an acre
Los Angeles County Fire Department
not named
16 September 2011
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
Los Angeles County Fire Department
not named
1 September 2008
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
2 workings within 5 miles of Antelope Valley Indian Museum: 1 producer, 1 past producer.
1 still produces. What was taken out: Silica. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Lancaster, the town this property stands in, in 9 storm reports between 1998 and 2013: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 flood, 1 hail.
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.
California Highway Patrol reported downed power lines along 4th Street East and East Avenue L4 due to thunderstorm winds. Wind gusts were estimated to be around 60 MPH.
A trained spotter in the community of Lancaster reported a severe thunderstorm with winds in excess of 60 MPH. The thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and 5-inch diameter branches along the Antelope Valley Freeway between Avenue N and 50th Street East.
A severe thunderstorm produced damaging winds in the community of Lancaster. Local law enforcement reported trees blown down at the intersection of Avenue J and 20th street due to thunderstorm winds.
A strong thunderstorm produced flash flooding across eastern sections of the Antelope Valley. California Highway Patrol reported flooding around the intersection of Highway 138 and 165th Street.
Strong thunderstorms produced heavy rain and street flooding across the Antelope Valley. Several spotters in the city of Lancaster reported widespread street flooding.
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.
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.
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