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One of 42 National Register listings published here for Mendocino County · listed in 1990 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Hoyt-Scott House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1943.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Hoyt--Scott House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 10 Riverside Dr., Point Arena, 95468
- When was it listed? September 1990
- Category. building
- Also known as. Point Arena MPS
- Census division. Point Arena
- National Register reference number. 90001354 - 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
111 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Hoyt-Scott House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 135 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Central California Agency | PT.ARENA |
| 7 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | WINDY |
| 7 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Central California Agency | WNDY |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Northern California District | WINDY |
| 29 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Mendocino Unit | WINDY |
| 28 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Mendocino Unit | BIA #9 |
| 23 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Central California Agency | BIA #25 |
| 2 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northern California District | MINER |
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 Hoyt-Scott House: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellison Gravel Company | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Garcia Creek Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Garcia River Bar | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Maps showing this location
9 surveysUnited 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.
- 1943 USGS Point Arena quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Point Arena quadrangle1:24000 - 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Point Arena quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Point Arena quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Annie Palmer House | under 500 feet | 1990 |
 | Billy Ketchum House | under 500 feet | 1990 |
 | Main Street Historic Commercial District | under 500 feet | 1990 |
 | Sid Groshon House | 0.2 miles | 1990 |
| LeGrand Morse House | 0.2 miles | 1990 | |
 | St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church | 0.2 miles | 1990 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 90001354 in Record Group 79. |
| Mendocino County | All 42 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.