Built in 1916 (Spanish Colonial Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1926.
From the record
“The Exeter Public Library is a Carnegie library located at 309 S. The library was built in 1916 with a $5000 grant from the Carnegie Foundation; it was one of six Carnegie libraries built in Tulare County.”
Wikipedia article Exeter Public Library, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 35 National Register listings published here for Tulare County · listed in 1990 · category: Building · built in 1916, Spanish Colonial Revival architecture.
National Register reference number.90001811- 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
354 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 354 fires within 5 miles of Exeter Public Library
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,753 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 143 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
Arson/incendiarism
143
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
103
Equipment and vehicle use
59
Debris and open burning
16
Smoking
12
Misuse of fire by a minor
12
Recreation and ceremony
6
Railroad operations and maintenance
1
Fireworks
1
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 2006
Arson/incendiarism
under an acre
Tulare Unit
FRIANT
7 September 2005
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
Tulare Unit
COUNTY OF TULARE#74
6 September 1999
Arson/incendiarism
under an acre
Tulare Unit
FLANIKEN
6 September 1996
Arson/incendiarism
3.0 acres
Tulare Unit
GILL
5 September 2001
Equipment and vehicle use
under an acre
Tulare Unit
STATE OF CA #71
5 September 1999
Arson/incendiarism
under an acre
Tulare Unit
VALLEY
5 September 1997
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
Tulare Unit
S.J.V.R. #11
3 September 2018
Arson/incendiarism
2.0 acres
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
18 workings within 5 miles of Exeter Public Library: 12 past producers, 5 prospects, 1 occurrence.
None of them still produces. What was taken out: Chromium, Magnesite, Copper, Chromium, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Exeter, the town this property stands in, in 9 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 5 flood, 1 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind.
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.
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.
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.
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