BlockFrom the record
One of 136 National Register listings published here for Orange County · listed in 1993 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Young Men's Christian Association-Santa Ana-Tustin Chapter
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. 20 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.
- Listed as. Young Men's Christian Association--Santa Ana-Tustin Chapter - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 205 W. Civic Center Dr., Santa Ana, 92701
- When was it listed? March 1993
- Category. building
- Census division. Anaheim-Santa Ana-Garden Grove
- Architect. Frederick Eley
- National Register reference number. 93000237 - 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
292 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 292 fires within 5 miles of Young Men's Christian Association-Santa Ana-Tustin Chapter between 1998 and 2020, burning about 6,237 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 39 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 | 176 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 39 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Smoking | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Orange County Fire Authority | not named |
| 6 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 30 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Orange County Fire Authority | not named |
| 30 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 28 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 28 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 27 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 26 September 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Young Men's Christian Association-Santa Ana-Tustin Chapter: 13 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mercury, Clay, Calcium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Pressed Brick Co. | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Red Hill Mine | Mercury, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Santa Ana Plant | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Red Hill Mine | Mercury | Past Producer | 1927 | |
| Blue Diamond Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Cunningham and Son | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Garden Grove Sand & Gravel Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| L. O. Swartzbaugh | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
8 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Santa Ana, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 3 flood, 3 flash flood, 1 heavy rain, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 1998 | Heavy Rain | Santa Ana | $140,000 | no account filed |
| February 2004 | Flash Flood | Santa Ana | $25,000 | no account filed |
| February 2023 | Flood | Santa Ana | - | Heavy rain led to flooding early in the morning on February 25 across inland Orange County, centered around the community of Costa Mesa. The Department of Highways reported flooding at the Bristol Street on-ramp on I-405 with vehicles stuck in the floodwaters; street flooding leading to road closures and stranded vehicles; and SR-173 and Campus Drive had 1-2 feet of water in two lanes. |
| March 2023 | Flood | Santa Ana | - | Very heavy rainfall occurred across inland Orange County from the evening on March 14 through the morning on March 15. Rainfall of 1.50-2.50 fell. An MPing report of street and road flooding resulting in road closures and stranded vehicles was reported near Santa Ana early in the morning on March 15. |
| December 2022 | Flash Flood | Santa Ana | - | Swiftwater rescue in the Santa Ana River at Garden Grove Blvd. The area received 0.5 to 1 inch of rain at the time of rescue. An adult male was successfully rescued but taken to the hospital. The main IVT frontal band moved through Southern California 7-10 AM. |
| September 2015 | Flash Flood | Santa Ana | - | A male and a female were in a flood control channel and had to be rescued by the Orange County Fire Department when they were caught off guard by the quickly rising water. |
| December 1999 | Funnel Cloud | Santa Ana | - | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Flood | Santa Ana | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
20 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
- 1932 USGS Orange quadrangle1:31680
- 1935 USGS Orange quadrangle1:31680 - 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Anaheim quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Orange quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Orange quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Orange quadrangle1:24000 - 5 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Orange 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange County Courthouse | under 500 feet | 1977 | |
 | US Post Office Station-Spurgeon Station | 0.1 miles | 1985 |
 | Smith-Tuthill Funeral Parlors | 0.2 miles | 1978 |
 | Howe-Waffle House and Carriage House | 0.2 miles | 1977 |
| Downtown Santa Ana Historic Districts (North, Government/Institutional and South, Retail) | 0.2 miles | 1984 | |
 | Rankin Building | 0.2 miles | 1983 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 93000237 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.