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One of 106 National Register listings published here for Sacramento County · listed in 1988 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Elk Grove Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1894.
The listing
- Address. 8986--9097 Elk Grove Blvd. also School, Gage and Grove Sts., Elk Grove, 95624
- When was it listed? March 1988
- Category. district
- Census division. Elk Grove
- National Register reference number. 87002410 - 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
78 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Elk Grove Historic District between 1997 and 2018, burning about 65 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 | 55 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | not named |
| 18 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 18 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 18 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 16 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 13 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 17 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
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 Elk Grove Historic District: 6 producers, 3 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lithium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preston Hanford Sand and Gravel | Lithium | Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Borrow Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hanford Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sacramento County Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Sacramento County Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| West Coast Building Wreck | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Wilton Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this property
7 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elk Grove, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 4 flood, 1 heavy rain, 1 lightning, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2000 | Lightning | Elk Grove | $150,000 | no account filed |
| February 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Elk Grove | $2,000 | A very weak tornado skimmed a residential area just south of downtown Elk Grove shortly after noon. Damage was minimal but consistent in a narrow one mile path. Most of the damage was to small tree branches but also included two power lines tipped... a rooftop solar heating unit damaged... and minor damage to fence panels at two locations. No structural damage was noted. |
| February 2024 | Flood | Elk Grove | - | California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding of lanes 3 and 4 on State Route 99 and Elk Grove Boulevard. |
| January 2023 | Flood | Elk Grove | - | There was roadway flooding on Northbound SR 99 at Elk Grove Blvd. due to heavy rains. |
| December 2022 | Flood | Elk Grove | - | Cosumnes Fire Department reported a water rescue of persons stuck on a temporary island in the middle of Laguna Creek in East Elk Grove. |
| January 2000 | Heavy Rain | Elk Grove | - | no account filed |
| February 1999 | Flood | Elk Grove | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
10 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.
- 1894 USGS Lodi quadrangle1:125000 - 3 printings
- 1909 USGS Elk Grove quadrangle1:31680 - 2 printings
- 1941 USGS Franklin quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1952 USGS Elk Grove quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
- 1968 USGS Elk Grove quadrangle1:24000 - 6 printings
- 1993 USGS Lodi quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
Listed places nearby
2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | William Ehrhardt House | 4.6 miles | 2003 |
 | Alta Mesa Farm Bureau Hall | 7.8 miles | 1987 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 87002410 in Record Group 79. |
| Sacramento County | All 106 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.