VIRGINIA (sloop)

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. 15 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1902.

From the record

One of 136 National Register listings published here for Orange County · listed in 1991 · category: Structure.

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

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
Address. Dana Point Youth & Group Facility, W. basin, Dana Point Harbor, Dana Point, 92629
When was it listed? April 1991
Category. structure
Census division. South Coast
National Register reference number. 91000337 - 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

49 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of VIRGINIA (sloop) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 359 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 17 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	17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15
Smoking	7
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Recreation and ceremony	2
Debris and open burning	1
Natural	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
7 September 2007	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
22 September 2010	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
13 September 2005	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
7 August 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Orange County Fire Authority	not named
5 August 2009	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
23 August 1994	Arson/incendiarism	350 acres	San Bernardino National Forest	WATERMAN
22 August 2007	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
19 August 2009	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of VIRGINIA (sloop): 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, 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
	Capistrano Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
	Crestline Quarry	Limestone, General	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Orange County

Maps showing this location

15 surveys

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.

1902 USGS Capistrano quadrangle1:125000 - 4 printings
1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 2 quadrangle1:250000 - 5 printings
1906 USGS Capistrano quadrangle1:125000
1942 USGS San Juan Capistrano quadrangle1:62500
1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
1948 USGS Dana Point quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
1949 USGS Dana Point quadrangle1:24000
1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
1960 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1965 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
1968 USGS Dana Point quadrangle1:24000 - 5 printings
1974 USGS Dana Point quadrangle1:24000
1982 USGS Oceanside quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings

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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Joel R. Congdon House	2.5 miles	2002
Edward and America Griffith House	2.9 miles	2021
Richard Egan House	3.5 miles	2017
Yorba, Domingo Adobe and Casa Manuel Garcia	3.5 miles	1982
Montanez Adobe	3.6 miles	1975
Los Rios Street Historic District	3.6 miles	1983

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 91000337 in Record Group 79.
Orange County	All 136 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.