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Photograph of Bixby-Bryant Ranch House
Photograph by Cbl62, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Bixby-Bryant Ranch House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. 17 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1901.

From the record

One of 136 National Register listings published here for Orange County · listed in 1997 · category: Building.

Sources: 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.
  • Listed as. Bixby--Bryant Ranch House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 5700 Susanna Bryant Dr., Yorba Linda, 92887
  • When was it listed? January 1997
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Anaheim-Santa Ana-Garden Grove
  • National Register reference number. 96001537 - 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.

Topographic sheet covering Bixby-Bryant Ranch House, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet covering Bixby-Bryant Ranch House, surveyed 1901

Fires near this property

154 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 154 fires within 5 miles of Bixby-Bryant Ranch House between 1992 and 2019, burning about 78,849 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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/undetermined85
Equipment and vehicle use38
Arson/incendiarism10
Smoking8
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Fireworks1

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
9 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRiverside UnitCORONA ASSIST
7 September 1992Equipment and vehicle use508 acresSan Bernardino UnitPARK
5 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreRiverside UnitSTATE
4 September 2010Arson/incendiarism10 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use30 acresCleveland National ForestGREEN
3 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresRiverside UnitSTATE
27 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
25 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined15,972 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Bixby-Bryant Ranch House: 11 past producers, 2 producers, 2 occurrences, 2 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
Sycamore Canyon DepositGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
Prado PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Star QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Valentine PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Claymont MinesClayPast Producer
Conduit Clay PlacerClayProspectSedimentary
Conduit Clay PlacerClayProspect
Dominguez Lease PitClayPast Producer
Gypsum Canyon PitClayProducer
Gypsum Canyon PitClayProducer

Every working recorded in Orange County

Storms near this property

13 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yorba Linda, the town this property stands in, in 13 storm reports between 2001 and 2023: 4 flash flood, 2 wildfire, 2 flood, 2 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2002WildfireYorba Linda2 hurtno account filed
January 2005Flash FloodYorba Linda$300,000no account filed
November 2003Flash FloodYorba Linda$35,000no account filed
February 2005Flash FloodYorba Linda$30,000no account filed
April 2012Thunderstorm WindYorba Linda$4,000A spotter 4 miles ESE of Yorba Linda reported trees down, bark peeled off trees and post office drop boxed flipped near Weir Canyon and the 91 freeway.||High winds were reported at the Fremont Canyon RAWS between 1251 and 1351 PST on the 13th with a peak gust of 63 mph.||The area was surveyed for possible tornado damage but only evidence of straight line wind was observed.
March 2019HailYorba Linda$500Spotter reported dime-sized hail in Yorba Linda around 1500 PST on March 20th.
January 2023FloodYorba Linda-The Department of Highways reported flooding in 4 out of 5 lanes.
October 2005HailYorba Linda-A high precipitation supercell moving at approximately 45 mph through northern Orange County dropped 3/4 inch hail in Yorba Linda. The storm left the San Diego CWA and later dropped even larger hail near Pasadena.
January 2005Flash FloodYorba Linda-no account filed
November 2002Heavy RainYorba Linda-no account filed
March 2002FloodYorba Linda-no account filed
April 2002WildfireYorba Linda-no account filed
March 2001Funnel CloudYorba Linda-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Orange County

Maps showing this location

17 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

5 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
Irvine Park6.0 miles1983
Pacific Electric Railway Company Depot6.3 miles1979
Richard Nixon Birthplace6.3 miles1971
Smith and Clark Brothers Ranch and Grounds6.8 miles1983
Villa Park School7.6 miles2003

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 96001537 in Record Group 79.
Orange CountyAll 136 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.