Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. 15 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1891.
From the record
“Theodore Judah School is a historic elementary school located in Sacramento, California. The 1937 edifice is the last standing PWA school in the city.”
Wikipedia article Theodore Judah School, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 106 National Register listings published here for Sacramento County · listed in 1997 · category: Building.
National Register reference number.97000810- 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
245 since 1999
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 245 fires within 5 miles of Theodore Judah School
between 1999 and 2020, burning about 214 acres in total. None started naturally. 24 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
186
Arson/incendiarism
24
Misuse of fire by a minor
11
Equipment and vehicle use
9
Smoking
6
Railroad operations and maintenance
6
Debris and open burning
3
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 2011
Debris and open burning
under an acre
Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit
not named
9 September 2008
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
8 September 2011
Debris and open burning
1.0 acres
Amador-El Dorado Unit
not named
7 September 2010
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
7 September 2009
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
6 September 2008
Arson/incendiarism
20 acres
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
5 September 2005
Arson/incendiarism
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
30 September 2009
Smoking
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
35 workings within 5 miles of Theodore Judah School: 20 past producers, 9 producers, 3 occurrences, 2 prospects.
9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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.
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.
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.
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.