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Robert Mills Dairy Barn

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. 19 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1902.

From the record

One of 63 National Register listings published here for San Mateo County · listed in 1990 · category: District.

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

The listing

  • Listed as. Mills, Robert, Dairy Barn - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. Higgins Purissima Rd., Half Moon Bay, 94019
  • When was it listed? February 1990
  • Category. district
  • Census division. Half Moon Bay
  • National Register reference number. 90000120 - 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

1902 to 1997

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Robert Mills Dairy Barn, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet covering Robert Mills Dairy Barn, surveyed 1902

Fires near this property

131 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Robert Mills Dairy Barn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 106 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined71
Equipment and vehicle use28
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Natural7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Debris and open burning4
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitTUNITAS
4 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use9.5 acresSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitCRYSTAL
25 September 2001Natural3.0 acresSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitSTAR HILL
24 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitVERDE
24 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitHUDDART*
21 September 2005Natural1.0 acresSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitKINGS MTN
2 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSAN MATEO
15 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitSKYLINE

Every fire recorded in San Mateo County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Robert Mills Dairy Barn: 12 past producers, 7 producers, 2 unknowns. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Calcium, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
MiguelGraniteProducer
Durham RanchGold, SilverPast ProducerGold
Durham RanchGold, SilverUnknown
Redwood Material Co.ManganeseProducer
Redwood Material Co.ManganesePast Producer
CanadaStone, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
CanadaStone, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
MiguelStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Pilarcitos #138StoneProducer
Pilarcitos Quarry and Plant No. 138Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in San Mateo County

Storms near this property

3 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Half Moon Bay, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 1998 and 2017: 2 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2017HailHalf Moon Bay$10Spotter reported pea sized hail in Half Moon Bay. Other reports around San Mateo county as well.
February 1998Tornado (F0)Half Moon Bay-Weak tornado ripped up some trees. Appears it began as a waterspout and moved on shore.
April 2017HailHalf Moon Bay-no account filed

Every storm recorded in San Mateo County

Maps showing this location

19 surveys

United 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.

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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
James Johnston House1.9 miles1973
Methodist Episcopal Church at Half Moon Bay2.2 miles1980
William Adam Simmons House2.2 miles1992
Pilarcitos Creek Bridge2.4 miles2014
Bourn-Roth Estate3.6 miles1975
X-1005.2 miles2016

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 90000120 in Record Group 79.
San Mateo CountyAll 63 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.