Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. 7 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1920.
“The Frolic was a brig which sank northeast of Point Cabrillo, near Caspar, California. Historians have called it "the most significant shipwreck on the west coast".”
Wikipedia article Frolic (brig), CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 42 National Register listings published here for Mendocino County · listed in 1991 · category: Site.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 315 fires within 5 miles of FROLIC (brig) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 111 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 10 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 | 128 |
| Debris and open burning | 63 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 34 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 32 |
| Smoking | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
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 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | FRANKLIN RD FORTB 8 |
| 9 September 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | TUPPER |
| 8 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | MITCHELL |
| 7 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Northern California District | CASPAR |
| 7 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Mendocino Unit | HEADLANDS |
| 7 September 1992 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Mendocino Unit | STATE PARKS #3 |
| 7 September 1992 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | MULLEN |
| 6 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | TURNER |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Caspar, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2024: 2 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2017 | Heavy Rain | Caspar | $1,250,000 | Culvert failure and sink along Highway 1 from mile post 34 to 38. |
| February 2024 | Heavy Rain | Caspar | - | Landslide completely blocked Highway 1 resulting in a full closure for slide removal. |
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.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Point Cabrillo Light Station | 0.5 miles | 1991 |
 | Mendocino and Headlands Historic District | 3.5 miles | 1971 |
 | Jerome B. Ford House | 3.7 miles | 2010 |
 | Olinsky Building | 6.3 miles | 1995 |
 | Weller House | 6.5 miles | 1976 |
 | Mendocino Woodlands Recreational Demonstration Area | 6.9 miles | 1997 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 91000565 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Mendocino County | All 42 listed properties in this county. |
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