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Photograph of Norman and Florence B. Carmichael House
Photograph by Jack Boucher, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Norman and Florence B. Carmichael House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1893.

From the record

One of 148 National Register listings published here for San Diego County · listed in 1991 · category: Building.

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 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Carmichael, Norman and Florence B., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 6855 La Valle Plateada, Rancho Santa Fe, 92067
  • When was it listed? August 1991
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Lilian Rice Designed Buildings in Rancho Santa Fe MPS
  • Census division. San Diego
  • Architect. Lilian Jeannette Rice
  • National Register reference number. 91000941 - 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

1893 to 1996

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 103 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Norman and Florence B. Carmichael House, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet covering Norman and Florence B. Carmichael House, surveyed 1893

Fires near this property

168 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 168 fires within 5 miles of Norman and Florence B. Carmichael House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,487 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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/undetermined87
Equipment and vehicle use51
Arson/incendiarism12
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Debris and open burning1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitHARMONY
5 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresSan Diego UnitHARMONY
3 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresSan Diego UnitHORIZON
27 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Diego UnitCHICKEN
26 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitHERRMANN
24 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSan Diego UnitBERNARDO
23 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitPALMA
20 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitCAMINO SANTA FE / FOUR G

Every fire recorded in San Diego County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Norman and Florence B. Carmichael House: 11 past producers, 7 prospects, 7 producers, 5 occurrences. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Clay, Aluminum. 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
EncinitasCopper, LeadPast ProducerVein
Carmean QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Greenstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Carmean QuarryStoneProducer
Coast Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Greenstone QuarryStoneProducer
Harris DepositTalc-Soapstone, GoldPast Producer
Pioneer DepositTalc-SoapstonePast Producer
Pioneer MineTalc-SoapstoneProducerPyrophyllite
Smith Construction Co. DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in San Diego County

Storms near this property

3 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rancho Santa Fe, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 2019 and 2026: 1 lightning, 1 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 2019LightningRancho Santa Fe$2,000Broadcast media reported that lightning struck a fence and caused damage to it. 40 cloud-to-ground lightning strikes were observed during this event.
February 2026Thunderstorm WindRancho Santa Fe-Member of the public reports medium-sized tree snapped in half and landed on their car. Picture provided via social media with wind estimates near 30-40 mph.
January 2023Debris FlowRancho Santa Fe-CalTrans report of a mudslide leading to rocks and dirt blocking eastbound lanes on Via de Santa Fe near Rancho Santa Fe.

Every storm recorded in San Diego County

Maps showing this location

16 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.

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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Samuel Bingham House0.2 miles1991
George A. C. Christiancy House0.3 miles1991
Pearl Baker Row House1.0 miles1993
Reginald M. and Constance Clotfelter Row House1.1 miles1991
Rancho Santa Fe Land and Improvement Company Office1.1 miles1991
Lilian Jenette Rice House1.3 miles1991

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 91000941 in Record Group 79.
San Diego CountyAll 148 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.