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Monterey Street Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. 14 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1919.

From the record

One of 14 National Register listings published here for San Benito County · listed in 1993 · category: District.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Then and now

1919 to 1995

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Monterey Street Historic District, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet covering Monterey Street Historic District, surveyed 1919

Fires near this property

393 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 393 fires within 5 miles of Monterey Street Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,881 acres in total. None started naturally. 17 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
Equipment and vehicle use148
Missing data/not specified/undetermined125
Debris and open burning45
Misuse of fire by a minor33
Arson/incendiarism17
Smoking17
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1

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
9 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitTREE
9 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitTREVIS
8 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitLONETREE
8 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitMARANATHA
7 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitVANGERPEN
6 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitSAN JUAN
6 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitPG&E #15
5 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitTEQUISQUITA

Every fire recorded in San Benito County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Monterey Street Historic District: 7 past producers, 7 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 7 still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dr. J. M. O'Donnell DepositClayOccurrence
Berbich Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bixby Lane PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bolsa PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dooley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Hollister PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hollister Pit and Mill. Plant No 12Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in San Benito County

Storms near this property

7 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hollister, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 2017 and 2025: 5 flood, 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2021FloodHollister$2,500,000Damage to Cienega Rd from Mudstone Ranch to Bird Creek. Damage occurred sometime between the 26th and the end of the event. Estimates of repair cost sent by public works.
January 2021FloodHollister$2,000,000Southside Rd damaged from Hollister to Tres Pinos Creek. Exact time of damage occurrence unknown, estimate sent by public works.
January 2021FloodHollister$250,000Roadway flooding at Fairview Rd and Mansfield Rd. Damage estimate sent in by public works.
January 2021FloodHollister$250,000Union Road near Riverside Drive flooding on shoulder. Exact time of damage unknown, estimate sent by public works.
October 2025Funnel CloudHollister$10Social media photos showed a funnel cloud outside of Hollister. Location approximate.
March 2017HailHollister-Trained spotter reported pea sized hail falling for about 3 minutes.
February 2017FloodHollister-SB Union Rd/Union Heights flooded.

Every storm recorded in San Benito County

Maps showing this location

14 surveys

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.

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
Downtown Hollister Historic District0.2 miles1992
Hollister Carnegie Library0.3 miles1992
Joel and Rena Hawkins House0.3 miles1993
Roy D. McCallum House0.5 miles1997
Benjamin Wilcox House7.2 miles1982
Zanetta House7.2 miles1969

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 92001740 in Record Group 79.
San Benito CountyAll 14 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.