Built in 1866. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1945.
From the record
“Trinidad Head Lighthouse is a historic lighthouse on Trinidad Head on the outskirts of Trinidad, California. Built in 1871, it is 20 miles (32 km) north of Eureka, California.”
Wikipedia article Trinidad Head Light, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 52 National Register listings published here for Humboldt County · listed in 1991 · category: District · built in 1866.
National Register reference number.91001098- 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
1945 to 1982
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
37 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
19451982
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 Trinidad Head Light Station
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 71 acres in total. None started naturally. 15 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
63
Debris and open burning
26
Recreation and ceremony
24
Equipment and vehicle use
21
Arson/incendiarism
15
Power generation/transmission/distribution
10
Misuse of fire by a minor
5
Smoking
3
Fireworks
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
9 September 1998
Recreation and ceremony
under an acre
Northern California District
WAGON
8 September 2016
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
2.0 acres
Northern California District
COVE
7 September 2018
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
BEACH
7 September 2008
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
1.0 acres
Humboldt-Del Norte Unit
CLAM
7 September 1995
Misuse of fire by a minor
under an acre
Humboldt-Del Norte Unit
QUARRY
6 September 2018
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
1.0 acres
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
COVE
5 September 2000
Equipment and vehicle use
under an acre
Humboldt-Del Norte Unit
OCEAN
4 September 2018
Arson/incendiarism
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
5 workings within 5 miles of Trinidad Head Light Station: 3 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer.
3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Platinum, 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.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Trinidad, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 1 funnel cloud, 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.
United 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.
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.
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.
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