BlockFrom the record
One of 136 National Register listings published here for Orange County · listed in 1992 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Santa Fe Railway Passenger and Freight Depot
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. 19 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1896.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 140 E. Santa Fe Ave., Fullerton, 92832
- When was it listed? February 1992
- Category. building
- Census division. Anaheim-Santa Ana-Garden Grove
- National Register reference number. 91002031 - 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
1896 to 1983The ground this property stands on, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Fires near this property
147 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Santa Fe Railway Passenger and Freight Depot between 2005 and 2020, burning about 69 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 38 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 | 69 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 38 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 27 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 27 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 25 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 22 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 20 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 18 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Santa Fe Railway Passenger and Freight Depot: 9 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bixby Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Orange Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| La Habra Sand & Gravel Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lindauer & Sopns | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Orange County Brick & Tile Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Orange Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| R. J. Noble Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sparks & Mcclelland Plants | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Yeager Rock Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
7 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fullerton, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 2000 and 2014: 2 heavy rain, 2 funnel cloud, 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2003 | Heavy Rain | Fullerton | 1 hurt, $150,000 | no account filed |
| January 2005 | Heavy Rain | Fullerton | $15,000,000 | no account filed |
| October 2000 | Flood | Fullerton | $30,000 | no account filed |
| December 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fullerton | $20,000 | Numerous trees blown down. |
| May 2014 | Dust Devil | Fullerton | $6,000 | Public reported a dust devil near Fullerton that came abruptly out of the west carrying large amounts of dust and leaves, and damaged portions of roof shingles on a few homes with estimated wind gusts of 60 mph. |
| January 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Fullerton | - | no account filed |
| December 2004 | Funnel Cloud | Fullerton | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
19 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.
- 1896 USGS Anaheim quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Anaheim quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Anaheim quadrangle1:62500 - 6 printings
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000 - 6 printings
- 1902 USGS Corona quadrangle1:125000 - 7 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1935 USGS Garden Grove quadrangle1:31680 - 3 printings
- 1942 USGS Anaheim quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Anaheim quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Anaheim quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Anaheim quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Anaheim quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:100000
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Fullerton Union Pacific Depot | 0.1 miles | 1983 |
| Fullerton Odd Fellows Temple | 0.2 miles | 2002 | |
| Fullerton First Methodist Episcopal Church | 0.2 miles | 2001 | |
 | Farmers and Merchants Bank of Fullerton | 0.2 miles | 1994 |
 | Fullerton Post Office | 0.2 miles | 2012 |
 | Dewella Apartments | 0.2 miles | 2009 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 91002031 in Record Group 79. |
| Orange County | All 136 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.