Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. 14 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1901.
From the record
“The Perris Depot is a railroad depot built in 1892 to serve Perris, California. The station replaced a previous wooden structure at the same site on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway line, originally the California Southern Railroad.”
Wikipedia article Perris station (Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway), CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 90 National Register listings published here for Riverside County · listed in 1994 · category: Building.
Architectural style. Queen Anne style architecture in the United States
National Register reference number.94000819- 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
1901 to 1983
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
19011983
Fires near this property
2,222 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 2,222 fires within 5 miles of Perris Depot
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,874 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 200 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
1130
Equipment and vehicle use
495
Arson/incendiarism
200
Misuse of fire by a minor
164
Debris and open burning
83
Smoking
81
Recreation and ceremony
26
Firearms and explosives use
18
Power generation/transmission/distribution
15
Natural
9
Fireworks
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
9 September 2011
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
1.0 acres
Riverside Unit
ELLIS AV GOOD
9 September 2011
Debris and open burning
1.0 acres
Riverside Unit
GARZA RD / WITHERS RD
9 September 2004
Equipment and vehicle use
under an acre
Riverside Unit
LOCAL FIRE
9 September 2004
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Desert District
TREE
9 September 2003
Equipment and vehicle use
under an acre
California Desert District
GOETZ
9 September 2001
Recreation and ceremony
1.0 acres
Riverside Unit
STATE FIRE
9 September 1993
Equipment and vehicle use
1.0 acres
Riverside Unit
STATE
8 September 2016
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
1.0 acres
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
37 workings within 5 miles of Perris Depot: 16 past producers, 9 prospects, 6 occurrences, 6 producers.
6 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, Slate, Dimension, Asbestos. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Perris, the town this property stands in, in 32 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 5 flood, 5 flash flood, 4 funnel cloud.
The reports record 2 injuries. 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.
Socal Edison weather station on Ellis avenue recorded gust to 71 mph. Wind damage was observed during storm survey on September 9. WCM and new meteorologist surveyed area on September 10.
California Highway Patrol reported numerous trees downed by wind along and near I-215 in Perris. A Socal Edison weather station recorded a gust to 71 mph on Ellis Avenue. Pea sized hail was also reported.
On the west side of Perris, on Olive and Ellis Streets and just north of Highway 74, several small and large tree limbs down. Two power poles were broken by wind but remained leaning on Ellis Street just north of Highway 74. One rural street in that area was closed due to water about 12 inches deep. Estimated wind gusts were 50-55 mph for just this area. This damage was determined to be associated with a wet microburst from the severe storm in the area.
California Highway Patrol reported Orange Avenue from Murrieta Road to Evans Road, just northeast of Perris, was completely flooded and vehicles were not able to make it through. A nearby mesonet station recorded 0.69 inches of rain in 20 minutes.
A land spout tornado was associated with and southwest of the parent (non-supercell) thunderstorm that was over Nuevo, on the east side of Perris. The land spout appeared to be over the fields just east of or near Interstate 215. Separate wind damage from the parent thunderstorm was observed to the northeast over Nuevo on Menifee Road. |There was no apparent damage from the land spout itself. A spotter also sent in video of the land spout.
A land spout was observed at 1330 PST along interstate 215 and highway 74 in Perris. No funnel was observed at the cloud base, and the land spout remained nearly stationary. Pictures and a video were submitted by spotters.
A funnel cloud was observed just south of Perris from approximately 1525 to 1535 PST on the 12th. The funnel was observed by a spotter located near Albert Hill, north of Lake Elsinore as the severe thunderstorm moved east along Highway 74. The funnel was not determined to be associated with the landspout east of Perris.
Storm Chaser Will Wilkens captured a funnel cloud on video near Perris around 1440 PST. There was a strong thunderstorm in the area when the funnel was sighted.
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.
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.
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