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One of 24 National Register listings published here for Stanislaus County · listed in 1996 · category: Building · built in 1921.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Riverbank Branch Library
Built in 1921. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1916.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 3237 Santa Fe St., Riverbank, 95367
- When was it listed? October 1996
- Category. building
- Also known as. California Carnegie Libraries MPS
- Census division. Modesto
- When was it built? 1921
- National Register reference number. 96001077 - 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
234 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 234 fires within 5 miles of Riverbank Branch Library between 1992 and 2020, burning about 187 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 19 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 | 171 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Natural | 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 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | not named |
| 7 September 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 28 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 26 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 24 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Riverbank Branch Library: 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Riverbank Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Oakdale Rock Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this property
1 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Riverbank, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 2024: 1 flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2024 | Flood | Riverbank | - | California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding at Terminal Ave and Claribel Road, completely covered with water. |
Maps showing this location
10 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.
- 1916 USGS Riverbank quadrangle1:31680 - 2 printings
- 1939 USGS Modesto East quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Modesto East quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Riverbank quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
- 1966 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Riverbank quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
- 1994 USGS Oakdale quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Eagle Ranch House | 3.1 miles | 2014 | |
| Dr. Robert and Mary Walton House | 3.3 miles | 2006 | |
 | First National Bank of Oakdale Building | 5.3 miles | 2000 |
 | McHenry Mansion | 7.2 miles | 1978 |
 | Walter B. Wood House | 7.4 miles | 1988 |
 | U.S. Post Office | 7.4 miles | 1983 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 96001077 in Record Group 79. |
| Stanislaus County | All 24 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.