BlockFrom the record
One of 148 National Register listings published here for San Diego County · listed in 1992 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
US Inspection Station-Tecate
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1903.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. US Inspection Station--Tecate - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. CA 188, Tecate, 91980
- When was it listed? February 1992
- Category. building
- Census division. Mountain Empire
- National Register reference number. 91001748 - 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
1903 to 1904The ground this property stands on, surveyed 1 year apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Fires near this property
418 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 418 fires within 5 miles of US Inspection Station-Tecate between 1992 and 2020, burning about 112,613 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 115 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 | 159 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 115 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 59 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 31 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | California Desert District | POTRERO |
| 7 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 acres | California Desert District | BORDER 9 |
| 6 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | California Desert District | GOODE |
| 5 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | San Diego Unit | TECATE#29 |
| 5 September 1992 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | California Desert District | TECATE |
| 4 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Diego Unit | TECATE MISSION TECATE |
| 30 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Diego Unit | TECATE RD POTRERO 110 |
| 30 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Diego Unit | DUFF |
Mines and quarries near this property
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of US Inspection Station-Tecate: 2 prospects, 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Feldspar, Gold, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Companion No. 1 Deposit | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Last Chance Claim | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Pilz Deposit | Feldspar, Silica | Prospect | ||
| Potrero | Silica | Occurrence |
Storms near this property
1 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tecate, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 1999: 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1999 | Hail | Tecate | - | Hail 1.75 inch diameter, heavy rain, and wind gusts to 40 mph were observed. |
Maps showing this location
11 surveysUnited 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.
- 1903 USGS Cuyamaca quadrangle1:125000 - 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 2 quadrangle1:250000 - 5 printings
- 1942 USGS Potrero quadrangle1:48000
- 1944 USGS Potrero quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1950 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Potrero quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Tecate quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
- 1979 USGS El Cajon quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
Listed places nearby
1 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Kuchamaa | 3.9 miles | 1992 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 91001748 in Record Group 79. |
| San Diego County | All 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.