BlockFrom the record
One of 106 National Register listings published here for Sacramento County · listed in 1992 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Sacramento Air Depot Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1891.
The listing
- Address. McClellan Air Force Base, North Highlands, 95652
- When was it listed? January 1992
- Category. district
- Census division. Sacramento
- National Register reference number. 91001969 - 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
770 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 770 fires within 5 miles of Sacramento Air Depot Historic District between 1999 and 2020, burning about 571 acres in total. None started naturally. 63 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 | 589 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 63 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 47 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 38 |
| Smoking | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2020 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | not named |
| 8 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | COLIN |
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | not named |
| 7 September 2019 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | not named |
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | not named |
| 7 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | PFE |
| 7 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Sacramento Air Depot Historic District: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cannon & Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Cannon & Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Harrison Fait | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Harrison Fait | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
6 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Highlands, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 2014 and 2023: 6 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2023 | Flood | North Highlands | - | A lane was reported flooded by the California Highway Patrol between Elkhorn Blvd. and Sprig Dr. near North Highlands. |
| January 2023 | Flood | North Highlands | - | CHP reported 1 foot of water in both lanes of Watt Avenue. |
| January 2023 | Flood | North Highlands | - | CHP reported roadway flooding with water levels halfway up the vehicles. |
| April 2020 | Flood | North Highlands | - | California Highway Patrol reported 2 feet of water flooding between I80 W and Madison Avenue near North Highlands, CA. |
| March 2017 | Flood | North Highlands | - | More than half an inch of rain fell within 15 minutes, flooding roadway at Madison Ave. and I80. Lots of freeway spin-outs. |
| December 2014 | Flood | North Highlands | - | Flooding in North Highlands on 3617 Quinn Way due to leaves in the storm drain. The street was flooded. |
Maps showing this location
16 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.
- 1891 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:125000 - 5 printings
- 1893 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Fairoaks quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1911 USGS Arcade quadrangle1:31680 - 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Rio Linda quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Rio Linda quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Fair Oaks quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
- 1967 USGS Rio Linda quadrangle1:24000 - 5 printings
- 1975 USGS Rio Linda quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Rio Linda quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
Listed places nearby
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Sacramento School | 4.9 miles | 2021 | |
 | Slocum House | 6.5 miles | 1979 |
 | Fair Oaks Bridge, Old, | 6.7 miles | 2006 |
 | Theodore Judah School | 6.9 miles | 1997 |
 | McKinley Park | 6.9 miles | 2018 |
 | John T. Greene House | 7.1 miles | 1982 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 91001969 in Record Group 79. |
| Sacramento County | All 106 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.