Built in 1906 (Neoclassical architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1907.
From the record
“The Colusa Carnegie Library, at 260 Sixth St. in Colusa, California, is a Carnegie library built in 1906 that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It has also been known as the Carnegie Library Building and the City of Colusa Police Department.”
Wikipedia article Colusa Carnegie Library, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 5 National Register listings published here for Colusa County · listed in 1990 · category: Building · built in 1906, Neoclassical architecture.
National Register reference number.90001816- 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
1907 to 1994
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
19071994
Fires near this property
35 since 1999
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Colusa Carnegie Library
between 1999 and 2017, burning about 68 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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
20
Debris and open burning
10
Equipment and vehicle use
2
Firearms and explosives use
1
Recreation and ceremony
1
Smoking
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
3 September 2002
Debris and open burning
under an acre
Colusa National Wildlife Refuge
COL T5
24 September 2004
Debris and open burning
2.0 acres
Colusa National Wildlife Refuge
HIGHWAY 20
18 September 2002
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
1.0 acres
Colusa National Wildlife Refuge
COLT1.1
31 August 2017
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
1.0 acres
Colusa National Wildlife Refuge
COLUSA REFUGE
27 August 2002
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
Colusa National Wildlife Refuge
20COLUSA
22 August 2013
Debris and open burning
10 acres
Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge
COLUSA SHOOTING CLUB #2
21 August 2006
Debris and open burning
5.1 acres
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
1 working within 5 miles of Colusa Carnegie Library: 1 producer.
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.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Colusa, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 2019 and 2025: 1 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.
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.
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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