Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1916.
“The William Hood House was built in 1858 by William Hood. Its California Historical Landmark number is 692.”
Wikipedia article William Hood House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 73 National Register listings published here for Sonoma County · listed in 1998 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 67 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 207 fires within 5 miles of William Hood House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 454 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 16 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 | 84 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 61 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | BRISTOL |
| 8 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | HAWKS |
| 6 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | HIGHWAY 2 |
| 5 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | LOS ALAMOS RD SANTA_ROSA |
| 4 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | HOFACKET |
| 4 September 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | WINERY |
| 30 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | ENTERPRISE RD / BENNETT V |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of William Hood House: 8 past producers, 8 occurrences, 7 producers, 2 unknowns. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Perlite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stirling | Iron | Occurrence | Hematite | |
| Unnamed Location | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Mount Hood Mine | Chromium | Unknown | ||
| Sullinger Claim | Chromium | Occurrence | Chromite | |
| Unknown | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Weise Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Weise Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Annadel Farm | Perlite | Past Producer | ||
| Annadel Farm | Perlite | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Santa Rosa, the town this property stands in, in 13 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 5 hail, 3 tornado, 2 heavy rain, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 1998 | Tornado (F1) | Santa Rosa | $1,000,000 | no account filed |
| March 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Santa Rosa | $50,000 | An EF1 tornado completely destroyed a metal building and severely bent a metal gate. |
| December 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Santa Rosa | $3,000 | Brief F0 tornado touchdown in the NW portion of the city of Santa Rosa, picked up cinder blocks and threw them into the roof of a house, putting holes in the roof. Law enforcement officer reported swirl of debris passed over his car. |
| November 2024 | Heavy Rain | Santa Rosa | $10 | A total of 12.47 of rain was observed at the Santa Rosa COOP station from November 19 at 4 PM to November 22 at 4 PM. This marks the wettest three-day period on record for the station. |
| November 2025 | Flood | Santa Rosa | - | Roadway flooding was reported on the connectors between eastbound California Highway 12 and northbound US Highway 101 and westbound Highway 12 to southbound Highway 101. |
| March 2021 | Hail | Santa Rosa | - | Santa Rosa Fire Department reports multiple vehicle accidents on hwy 101 due to accumulating small hail. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Santa Rosa | - | Video on twitter showing small hail in Santa Rosa. |
| January 2017 | Flood | Santa Rosa | - | Freeway shutdown at Hwy 101N due to flooding. |
| February 2018 | Hail | Santa Rosa | - | no account filed |
| January 2018 | Hail | Santa Rosa | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Santa Rosa | - | no account filed |
| December 2002 | Heavy Rain | Santa Rosa | - | no account filed |
| February 1996 | Flash Flood | Santa Rosa | - | no account filed |
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.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flamingo Hotel | 6.0 miles | 2021 | |
| Glen Oaks Ranch | 6.2 miles | 1994 | |
 | Hotel Chauvet | 6.3 miles | 1990 |
 | Jack London Ranch | 6.5 miles | 1966 |
 | McDonald Mansion | 6.9 miles | 1974 |
 | Gables, The | 7.1 miles | 1984 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 97001658 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Sonoma County | All 73 listed properties in this county. |
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