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One of 52 National Register listings published here for Humboldt County · listed in 1988 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Fern Cottage Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1916.
The listing
- Address. 2099 Centerville Rd., Ferndale, 95536
- When was it listed? January 1988
- Category. district
- Census division. Ferndale
- National Register reference number. 87002294 - 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
1916 to 1987The ground this property stands on, surveyed 71 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
29 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Fern Cottage Historic District between 1994 and 2019, burning about 15 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.3 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | CANNIBAL |
| 20 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | CLARK |
| 9 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | CENTERVILLE |
| 5 August 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | PHELAN 1 |
| 5 August 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | PHELAN 2 |
| 26 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | CANNIBAL |
| 14 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | CENTERVILLE |
| 4 July 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Northern California District | CAMP |
Mines and quarries near this property
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Fern Cottage Historic District: 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Pumice, Volcanic Materials. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Volcanic Materials | Occurrence | ||
| Herb Russ Property | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Pumice | Occurrence |
Maps showing this location
9 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.
- 1916 USGS Cape Fortunas quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Ferndale quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Ferndale quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Ferndale quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Ferndale 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Andreasen, F. W.-John Rossen House | 2.0 miles | 1989 |
 | A. Berding House | 2.5 miles | 1983 |
 | Ferndale Main Street Historic District | 2.5 miles | 1994 |
 | Shaw House | 2.5 miles | 1984 |
 | Rectory, Catholic Church of the Assumption | 2.6 miles | 1982 |
 | Ferndale Public Library | 2.6 miles | 1990 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 87002294 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.