Martin Building

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 103 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

1892 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 399 fires within 5 miles of Martin Building between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,537 acres in total. None started naturally. 36 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Every fire recorded in San Mateo County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Martin Building: 19 past producers, 15 producers. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Lead, Zinc. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in San Mateo County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South San Francisco, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 2005: 1 tornado. 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.

Every storm recorded in San Mateo County

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.

• 1892 USGS San Mateo quadrangle1:62500
• 1896 USGS San Mateo quadrangle1:62500
• 1899 USGS San Mateo quadrangle1:62500 - 6 printings
• 1915 USGS San Mateo quadrangle1:62500 - 6 printings
• 1939 USGS San Mateo quadrangle1:62500 - 3 printings
• 1943 USGS San Mateo quadrangle1:62500
• 1947 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
• 1947 USGS San Francisco South quadrangle1:24000
• 1948 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
• 1950 USGS San Francisco South quadrangle1:24000
• 1955 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
• 1956 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
• 1956 USGS San Francisco South quadrangle1:24000 - 6 printings
• 1957 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
• 1960 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
• 1961 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
• 1964 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
• 1971 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
• 1978 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
• 1985 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
• 1993 USGS San Francisco South quadrangle1:24000
• 1995 USGS San Francisco South quadrangle1:24000

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	Property	Distance	Listed
	South San Francisco Hillside Sign	0.8 miles	1996
	Golden Gate National Cemetery	1.8 miles	2016
	Southern Pacific Railroad Bayshore Roundhouse	3.2 miles	2010
	Southern Pacific Depot	4.1 miles	1978
	San Francisco Bay Discovery Site	4.4 miles	1968
	William A. Whifler House	5.0 miles	2016