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One of 42 National Register listings published here for Mendocino County · listed in 1995 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Olinsky Building
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. 7 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1920.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 401 N. Main St., Fort Bragg, 95437
- When was it listed? August 1995
- Category. building
- Census division. Fort Bragg
- National Register reference number. 95000995 - 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.
Fires near this property
347 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 347 fires within 5 miles of Olinsky Building between 1992 and 2020, burning about 117 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 14 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 | 135 |
| Debris and open burning | 82 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 41 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 20 |
| Smoking | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Other causes | 2 |
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 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Mendocino Unit | MCDH FORT_BRAGG |
| 9 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | FRANKLIN RD FORTB 8 |
| 8 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | ODELL INCIDENT |
| 8 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | LIGNTNING 108 |
| 8 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | MITCHELL |
| 7 September 1992 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | MULLEN |
| 6 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | TURNER |
| 6 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | COAST |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Olinsky Building: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camp 5 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Maps showing this location
7 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.
- 1920 USGS Fort Bragg quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Fort Bragg quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Fort Bragg quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Fort Bragg quadrangle1:24000 - 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:100000 - 3 printings
Listed places nearby
3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Weller House | 0.2 miles | 1976 |
 | FROLIC (brig) | 6.3 miles | 1991 |
 | Point Cabrillo Light Station | 6.8 miles | 1991 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 95000995 in Record Group 79. |
| Mendocino County | All 42 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.