BlockFrom the record
One of 10 National Register listings published here for Sierra County · listed in 1996 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Forest City
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. 14 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1891.
The listing
- Address. Off of Mountain House Rd., jct. of North and South Forks, Tahoe National Forest, Forest City, 95910
- When was it listed? September 1996
- Category. district
- Census division. West Sierra
- National Register reference number. 96000942 - 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
1891 to 2000The ground this property stands on, surveyed 109 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
58 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Forest City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 277 acres in total. 26 started naturally. 1 was 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | ALLEGHANY |
| 6 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | SLATE |
| 30 September 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Tahoe National Forest | GERMAN |
| 29 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | MCGINNIS |
| 27 September 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.6 acres | Tahoe National Forest | ALLEGHANY |
| 25 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | MAMMOTH |
| 25 September 1994 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Tahoe National Forest | WOLF |
| 24 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | OREGON |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 418 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 418 workings within 5 miles of Forest City: 207 past producers, 123 occurrences, 46 producers, 31 unknowns. 47 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Chromium, Antimony. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alleghany-Downieville | Gold, Silver | Producer | ||
| Dorriss | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Dorriss Mine | Chromium, Iron | Past Producer | 1918 | |
| Finane | Gold, Chromium | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Gold Canyon | Gold, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Galena, Gold, Sphalerite | |
| Kenton | Gold, Copper, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Moore?s Flat District | Gold, Platinum, Silver | Past Producer | 1851 | |
| Original Sixteen-To-One | Gold, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Lead | Producer | 1911 | |
| Plumbago | Gold, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | Gold, Pyrite | |
| Red Ledge Mine Area | Nickel | Occurrence | 1855 |
Maps showing this location
14 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1891 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:125000 - 7 printings
- 1938 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:125000 - 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Alleghany quadrangle1:24000 - 5 printings
- 1950 USGS Alleghany quadrangle1:62500 - 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Alleghany quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Truckee quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
- 2000 USGS Alleghany quadrangle1:24000
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Sierra County Sheriff's Gallows | 4.8 miles | 1990 |
 | Durgan Bridge | 5.0 miles | 2012 |
 | Jersey Bridge | 5.0 miles | 2012 |
| Foote's Crossing Road | 5.1 miles | 1981 | |
 | Hansen Bridge | 5.3 miles | 2012 |
 | Hospital Bridge | 5.7 miles | 2012 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 96000942 in Record Group 79. |
| Sierra County | All 10 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.