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Jose Maria Alviso Adobe
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1889.
From the record
“The José María Alviso Adobe, located in Milpitas, California, United States, was the home of José María Alviso, an early alcalde (mayor) of neighboring Pueblo de San Jose. It was built in 1837 and enlarged in the early 1850s, and stands as an excellent example of the Monterey Colonial style of architecture popularized throughout California in the 1830s and 1840s.”
Wikipedia article José María Alviso Adobe, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 117 National Register listings published here for Santa Clara County · listed in 1997 · category: Building.
National Register reference number.97001190- 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
1889 to 1978
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
18891978
Fires near this property
123 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Jose Maria Alviso Adobe
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,042 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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
75
Equipment and vehicle use
26
Arson/incendiarism
7
Misuse of fire by a minor
4
Debris and open burning
4
Smoking
3
Recreation and ceremony
2
Power generation/transmission/distribution
2
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 2016
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
7 September 2020
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
Santa Clara Unit
not named
4 September 2006
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
2.0 acres
Santa Clara Unit
FELTER
30 September 2016
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
3 September 2005
Equipment and vehicle use
under an acre
Santa Clara Unit
SIERRA
28 September 2020
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
Santa Clara Unit
not named
27 September 2017
Smoking
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
22 workings within 5 miles of Jose Maria Alviso Adobe: 8 past producers, 7 producers, 4 unknowns, 2 prospects.
7 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Manganese, Stone, Dimension, 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.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Milpitas, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 4 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind.
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.
A microburst interrupted a passenger airliner's approach into San Francisco International Airport. After the 140 passenger jet encountered the microburst it diverted to and landed safely at the San Jose International Airport.
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.
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.
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