Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1915.
“Bockius House is an Italianate - Victorian style house in a historic district in Watsonville, California. It was built in 1870 by Judge Godfrey M.”
Wikipedia article Godfrey M. Bockius House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 42 National Register listings published here for Santa Cruz County · listed in 1989 · category: District.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 59 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 473 fires within 5 miles of Godfrey M. Bockius House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,135 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 48 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 | 214 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 104 |
| Debris and open burning | 58 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 48 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 23 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
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 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | FREEDOM BL PAJARO_VALLEY |
| 9 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | GREEN |
| 9 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | VALLEY |
| 9 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | SAN ANDREAS |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Ellicott Slough National Wildlife Refuge | CARSON |
| 9 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | P.G.& E. #17 |
| 8 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | THURWACHTER |
| 8 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | PAULSEN |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Watsonville, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 2001 and 2019: 2 hail, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2019 | Flood | Watsonville | - | Hwy 152 at Holohan Rd eastbound lane under 1 foot of water. |
| September 2017 | Hail | Watsonville | - | Pea sized hail reported by spotter near Watsonville. |
| December 2001 | Hail | Watsonville | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Madison House | 0.2 miles | 1984 |
 | Judge Lee House | 0.5 miles | 1980 |
| Watsonville City Plaza | 0.6 miles | 1983 | |
 | Lettunich Building | 0.6 miles | 1992 |
 | Mansion House Hotel | 0.6 miles | 1983 |
 | Stoesser Block and Annex | 0.6 miles | 1983 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 89000937 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Santa Cruz County | All 42 listed properties in this county. |
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