BlockFrom the record
One of 24 National Register listings published here for Stanislaus County · listed in 1991 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Turlock High School Auditorium and Gymnasium
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1917.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 1574 E. Canal Dr., Turlock, 95380
- When was it listed? January 1991
- Category. building
- Census division. Turlock
- National Register reference number. 90002141 - 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
1917 to 1983The ground this property stands on, surveyed 66 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Fires near this property
255 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 255 fires within 5 miles of Turlock High School Auditorium and Gymnasium between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,195 acres in total. None started naturally. 14 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 | 175 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Smoking | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 9 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | FLOWER |
| 9 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | ROAD SIDE 263 |
| 8 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | HWY 99 S/ BRADBURY RD |
| 8 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | GOLDEN STATE BL / GRIFFIT |
| 5 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Turlock High School Auditorium and Gymnasium: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Cobalt, Nickel. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jenny Lind Prospect | Cobalt, Nickel | Occurrence |
Storms near this property
5 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Turlock, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 1996 and 2017: 2 heavy rain, 2 funnel cloud, 1 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2005 | Heavy Rain | Turlock | $25,000 | no account filed |
| November 1996 | Heavy Rain | Turlock | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Turlock | $5,000 | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Funnel Cloud | Turlock | - | Funnel cloud reported briefly visible from West Linwood Ave., Turlock, CA. |
| March 1996 | Funnel Cloud | Turlock | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
10 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.
- 1917 USGS Turlock quadrangle1:31680
- 1942 USGS Irwin quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Turlock quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1956 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Turlock quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
- 1962 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Turlock quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1966 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Merced quadrangle1:100000
Listed places nearby
1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Turlock Carnegie Library | 1.0 miles | 1993 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 90002141 in Record Group 79. |
| Stanislaus County | All 24 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.