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Photograph of Sebastopol station
Photograph by Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Sebastopol Depot of the Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railway

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1935.

From the record

“Sebastopol station was an interurban train station in Sebastopol, California. It was served by the Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad and was adjacent to the railway's powerhouse.”

Wikipedia article Sebastopol station (Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 73 National Register listings published here for Sonoma County · listed in 1996 · category: Building.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 261 S. Main St., Sebastopol, 95472
  • When was it listed? February 1996
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Sebastopol
  • National Register reference number. 96000109 - 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

1935 to 1983

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 48 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Sebastopol Depot of the Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railway, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet covering Sebastopol Depot of the Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railway, surveyed 1935

Fires near this property

171 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 171 fires within 5 miles of Sebastopol Depot of the Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railway between 1992 and 2020, burning about 155 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined71
Equipment and vehicle use53
Smoking16
Debris and open burning11
Arson/incendiarism11
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1

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
8 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitVALLEY 2
8 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBARNETT
6 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBODEGA
5 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBARNETT
4 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBARNETT
4 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
29 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitPEAKS, CDF TAC6
28 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionBURNSIDE

Every fire recorded in Sonoma County

Mines and quarries near this property

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Sebastopol Depot of the Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railway: 3 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mercury, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Bloomfield Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mark West CreekSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed ProspectMercuryUnknown
Unnamed ProspectMercuryOccurrence

Every working recorded in Sonoma County

Storms near this property

8 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sebastopol, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 2014 and 2019: 6 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2019FloodSebastopol-Roadway flooding SR 116 and Sparkes Rd.
February 2019FloodSebastopol-All lanes flooded, Pleasant Hill Rd and Bodega Ave.
February 2019FloodSebastopol-Flooding in westbound lane of 116 at Sparkes Rd.
November 2019FloodSebastopol-Flooding in SB lanes of Watertrough Rd and Blackney, vehicles are hydroplaning due to large amount of water in the roadway.
February 2017FloodSebastopol-Roadway flooding reported at Pleasant Hill Rd and Grundel Drive.
January 2016FloodSebastopol-Roadway flooded on Pleasant Hill Road at Mitchell Court. Roadway was completely flooded.
May 2015Funnel CloudSebastopol-Possible funnel cloud spotted in Sebastopol. Two photographs submitted.
September 2014Heavy RainSebastopol-Rainfall accumulated in 5 minutes. Lightning and thunder observed along with very small hail.

Every storm recorded in Sonoma County

Maps showing this location

10 surveys

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.

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
Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railway Powerhouseunder 500 feet1991
George A. Strout House0.3 miles1980
Gold Ridge Farm0.7 miles1978
Hicks House3.4 miles1987
Llano Road Roadhouse4.2 miles1978
Hinds Hotel5.4 miles1979

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 96000109 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Sonoma CountyAll 73 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.