Hotel San Clemente

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. 15 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1902.

From the record

One of 136 National Register listings published here for Orange County · listed in 1989 · category: Building.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 114 Avenida Del Mar, San Clemente, 92672
When was it listed? August 1989
Category. building
Census division. South Coast
National Register reference number. 89001149 - 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

66 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Hotel San Clemente between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,580 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 16 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	23
Arson/incendiarism	16
Misuse of fire by a minor	7
Smoking	7
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Debris and open burning	3
Natural	2
Recreation and ceremony	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
7 September 2007	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
13 September 2009	Smoking	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
10 September 2011	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Orange County Fire Authority	not named
7 August 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Orange County Fire Authority	not named
6 August 1995	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	San Bernardino National Forest	GORDON
31 August 2019	Smoking	under an acre	Orange County Fire Authority	not named
26 August 2007	Natural	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
25 August 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Orange County Fire Authority	not named

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Hotel San Clemente: 10 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Dimension. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Crestline Quarry	Limestone, General	Past Producer
Susquehanna - Western Inc.	Stone, Dimension	Unknown
Camp Pendleton Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Camp Pendleton Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
San Clemente Project	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Clay Prospect	Clay	Prospect
Gladding-Mcbean Co, South Mine	Clay	Past Producer
Old North Mine	Clay	Past Producer
Rancho Mission Viejo Quarry	Clay	Producer

Every working recorded in Orange County

Storms near this property

26 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names San Clemente, the town this property stands in, in 26 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 7 flood, 6 funnel cloud, 2 heavy rain, 2 wildfire. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
September 2000	Wildfire	San Clemente	2 hurt	no account filed
December 2010	Flood	San Clemente	$36,000,000	Orange County officials estimate the total damages to public and private property at $36 million, due the 10+ of rain received by many areas. The city of Laguna Beach was certainly the hardest hit, making up approximately $12 million of the county's damages. Twelve miles of beaches in the county also had to be closed due to massive amounts of debris and pollution in storm runoff.
August 2000	Wildfire	San Clemente	$100,000	no account filed
March 2023	Debris Flow	San Clemente	$30,000	A significant landslide occurred following heavy rain in San Clemente on the 1500 block of Buena Vista the morning of March 15. All buildings were immediately evacuated, with no injuries reported. At least four apartment buildings had been red-tagged by the afternoon (deemed too dangerous to enter).
January 2018	Flood	San Clemente	$5,000	CHP reported large chunks of wood floating down Lemon Crest Dr., the intersection of Lake Jennings Park Rd. and Pino Dr. was completely flooded.
January 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	San Clemente	$5,000	A funnel cloud was sighted by several people in south San Clemente near the Orange County and San Diego County border. One house was damaged, though most likely wet microburst damage, tornado not confirmed.
January 2005	Flash Flood	San Clemente	$5,000	Widespread flooding was reported.
March 2020	Funnel Cloud	San Clemente	-	Multiple funnel clouds/waterspouts reported off the coast of San Clemente.
November 2019	Flood	San Clemente	-	Harmony Grove Road flooded between 1600 and 2100 PST on November 19th due to heavy rain.
December 2018	Flash Flood	San Clemente	-	A foot of water was reported in downtown Oceanside with multiple cars stalled. Oceanside reported 2.5 of rainfall in 2 hours.
February 2017	Flood	San Clemente	-	Via Viejas road was flooded with a foot of water from Viejas Creek.
September 2015	Flood	San Clemente	-	CHP reported the #4 lane of the Avenida Pico southbound on-ramp to I-5 south was completely flooded.
January 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	San Clemente	-	The mesonet at the San Clemente Pier measured a peak wind gust of 60 MPH around 1400 PST.
October 2004	Funnel Cloud	San Clemente	-	Several funnel clouds were spotted offshore from San Clemente.
September 2007	Funnel Cloud	San Clemente	-	no account filed
September 2005	Lightning	San Clemente	-	no account filed
April 2004	Funnel Cloud	San Clemente	-	no account filed
April 2004	Funnel Cloud	San Clemente	-	no account filed
November 2001	Flood	San Clemente	-	no account filed
March 2000	Waterspout	San Clemente	-	no account filed
April 2000	Heavy Rain	San Clemente	-	no account filed
October 1999	Rip Current	San Clemente	-	no account filed
June 1999	Funnel Cloud	San Clemente	-	no account filed
December 1998	Hail	San Clemente	-	no account filed
March 1998	Heavy Rain	San Clemente	-	no account filed
March 1998	Flood	San Clemente	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Orange County

Maps showing this location

15 surveys

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.

1902 USGS Capistrano quadrangle1:125000 - 4 printings
1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 2 quadrangle1:250000 - 5 printings
1906 USGS Capistrano quadrangle1:125000
1942 USGS San Juan Capistrano quadrangle1:62500
1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
1948 USGS San Clemente quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
1949 USGS San Clemente quadrangle1:24000
1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
1960 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1965 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
1968 USGS San Clemente quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
1974 USGS San Clemente quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
1982 USGS Oceanside quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Oscar Easley Block	under 500 feet	1983
Goldschmidt House	0.5 miles	2004
Casa Romantica	0.6 miles	1991
North Beach Historic District	1.0 miles	2020
San Clemente Beach Club	1.1 miles	1981
Joel R. Congdon House	5.5 miles	2002

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 89001149 in Record Group 79.
Orange County	All 136 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.