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Pogue Hotel

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1928.

From the record

“The Pogue Hotel, located at 32792 Sierra Dr., in Lemon Cove, California, is a historic building that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. It has also been known as The Cottonwoods, as Montgomery House, and as the Lemon Cove Woman's Clubhouse.”

Wikipedia article Pogue Hotel, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 35 National Register listings published here for Tulare County · listed in 1991 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · 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 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 32792 Sierra Dr. (CA 198), Lemoncove, 93244
  • When was it listed? August 1991
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Woodlake-Three Rivers
  • National Register reference number. 91000927 - 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

198 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 198 fires within 5 miles of Pogue Hotel between 1992 and 2018, burning about 3,642 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 47 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
Equipment and vehicle use64
Missing data/not specified/undetermined60
Arson/incendiarism47
Debris and open burning12
Natural4
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTulare UnitDRY
6 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTulare UnitTULARE CO # 72
4 September 2006Arson/incendiarism11 acresTulare UnitBADGER
4 September 2006Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresTulare UnitBADGER 2
4 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTulare UnitTULARE COUNTY #118
4 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCentral California DistrictLOMITAS TULARE CO12
30 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTulare UnitSAULSBURY
30 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTulare UnitWHITNEY

Every fire recorded in Tulare County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Pogue Hotel: 5 past producers, 5 prospects, 4 producers, 2 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Tungsten, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Goodale DepositFeldsparPast Producer
Naranjo DepositsMagnesiteProspect
Agnes FletcherGoldProspect
HamiltonCopperOccurrence
Hamilton CopperCopperProspect
Lemon Cove Borrow PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pacific Cement & Aggregate Co.Sand and Gravel, Construction, GoldPast Producer
Richmond Borrow PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lemon Cove PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Woodlake Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Tulare County

Storms near this property

12 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lemoncove, the town this property stands in, in 12 storm reports between 2007 and 2023: 7 flood, 2 flash flood, 2 debris flow, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2017Flash FloodLemoncove$159,700California Highway Patrol reports that Highway 198 at Long Road is closed due to a mudslide just southwest of Kaweah Lake.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindLemoncove$22,000Trees and powerlines were downed causing power outages.
January 2023FloodLemoncove-California Highway Patrol reported rocks washed up on the road at the intersection of SR 198 and SR 216 in Lemoncove.
January 2023FloodLemoncove-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding on SR 198 at the intersection of Ave. 330. in Lemoncove.
March 2023FloodLemoncove-California Highway Patrol and the Tulare County Fire Department reported rocks in the roadway on Lemon Rd. near SR 198.
March 2023FloodLemoncove-California Highway Patrol reported Summit Dr. flooded near SR 198.
March 2023FloodLemoncove-California Highway Patrol reported mud, dirt and rocks on Dry Creek Dr. at SR 216.
December 2022Debris FlowLemoncove-California Highway Patrol reported a lot of rocks and mud in the roadway on SR 216 at Dry Creek.
October 2021Flash FloodLemoncove-California Highway Patrol reported a rockslide on SR 198 near Lake Kaweah. A large boulder was located on the eastbound lane of SR 198.
January 2019Debris FlowLemoncove-California Highway Patrol reported Tulare County Fire Department response unit reported a land slide along Dry Creek Dr. and State Route 216 west of Lemon Cove.
March 2019FloodLemoncove-Tulare County Fire Department reported Eastbound State Route 198 flooded near Ave. 328 in Lemon Cove.
January 2017FloodLemoncove-Broadcast Media reported Highway 198 near Road 248 was closed due to flooding near Citro.

Every storm recorded in Tulare County

Maps showing this location

11 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 91000927 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Tulare CountyAll 35 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.