Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. 20 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1896.
“The Artz Building is a historic former general store on Main Street in Tustin, California. Samuel Tustin built the building in 1914, and Charles O.”
Wikipedia article Artz Building, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 136 National Register listings published here for Orange County · listed in 1994 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
The 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.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 268 fires within 5 miles of Artz Building between 2005 and 2020, burning about 214 acres in total. 3 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 | 158 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 38 |
| Smoking | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| 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 |
| 4 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | 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 |
| 3 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 28 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | 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 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Artz Building: 11 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 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tustin, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2000 | Hail | Tustin | 1 killed, $75,000 | no account filed |
| October 2004 | Flash Flood | Tustin | $15,000 | Five vehicles were submerged when highway 55 flooded at 4th street. |
| February 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tustin | $2,000 | A tree landed on the roof of home in Tustin on Green Valley Drive from strong winds in line of heavy rain with embedded thunder. |
| January 2023 | Flood | Tustin | - | Widespread heavy rain fell from late morning on January 14 through much of the afternoon. Rain accumulations of 1.25 inch to 2 inches were common across inland Orange County, resulting in widespread flooding reports. The following are reports of flooding from the Department of Highways.||Both lanes of the I-5 north offramp was 4th Ave was flooded in Santa Ana. Four vehicles were stuck in the flood waters.||Farther south, three vehicles were stuck in the flooded onramp to northbound I-5 at Crown Valley Pkwy in Laguna Niguel. |
| May 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Tustin | - | A trained spotter shot video of a funnel cloud passing over the Tustin Ranch area. The funnel cloud never made it more than half way to the ground. |
United 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.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | David Hewes House | 0.2 miles | 2017 |
 | Sherman Stevens House | 0.2 miles | 1984 |
 | Pacific Electric Sub-Station No. 14 | 1.8 miles | 1983 |
| Harmon-McNeil House | 2.0 miles | 1985 | |
 | Yost Theater-Ritz Hotel | 2.1 miles | 1986 |
| French Park Historic District | 2.1 miles | 1999 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 94000364 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Orange County | All 136 listed properties in this county. |
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