BlockFrom the record
One of 19 National Register listings published here for Siskiyou County · listed in 1991 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
William Harlow Cabin
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1914.
The listing
- Listed as. Harlow, William, Cabin - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. Elliot Cr. Rd. No. 1050, 1 mi. from Joe Bar Subdivision, Seiad Valley, 96044
- When was it listed? June 1991
- Category. building
- Census division. Happy Camp
- National Register reference number. 91000699 - 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
1914 to 1998The ground this property stands on, surveyed 84 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
125 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 125 fires within 5 miles of William Harlow Cabin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 63,858 acres in total. 70 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 70 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest | MIDDLE FORK |
| 8 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.7 acres | Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest | COBBS |
| 5 September 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest | APPLECORE |
| 4 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest | SCRAGGY |
| 4 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest | TIPSUTYEE |
| 3 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest | SLAUGHTER |
| 3 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest | not named |
| 29 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 53 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 53 workings within 5 miles of William Harlow Cabin: 20 occurrences, 11 past producers, 9 prospects, 8 unknowns. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Mercury, Asbestos. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antimony Prospect | Antimony, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Bloomfield Mine | Copper, Iron, Sulfur | Past Producer | ||
| Blue Ledge | Copper, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Lead | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Limonite, Malachite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite | |
| Blue Ledge | Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | 1896, 1917 | |
| Jones | Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Moses & Collins Claims | Gold, Manganese | Past Producer | Gold, Pyrolusite | |
| North Central Claim | Gold, Copper | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Pyrite | |
| Squaw Creek Copper | Copper, Zinc, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Pyrite | |
| Squaw Creek Copper | Copper, Gold, Zinc, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Antimony Prospect | Antimony, Silver, Gold | Prospect |
Maps showing this location
10 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1914 USGS Seiad quadrangle1:125000
- 1922 USGS Seiad quadrangle1:125000 - 4 printings
- 1948 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Seiad Valley quadrangle1:62500 - 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Dutch Creek quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Happy Camp quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Dutch Creek quadrangle1:24000
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 91000699 in Record Group 79. |
| Siskiyou County | All 19 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.