BlockFrom the record
One of 84 National Register listings published here for Yamhill County · listed in 2024 · category: Structure.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Hughes Flying Boat (H-4 Hercules)
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2024.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
- Address. 500 E Captain Michael King Smith, McMinnville, 97128
- When was it listed? October 2024
- Category. structure
- Census division. McMinnville
- National Register reference number. 100009992 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
7 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Hughes Flying Boat (H-4 Hercules) between 1999 and 2018, burning about 85 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | REDMOND HILLS FIRE |
| 6 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | GUNCLUB RD. FIRE |
| 21 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 22 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | POVERTY FIRE |
| 18 July 2015 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | GRANDHAVEN FIRE |
| 14 July 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.1 acres | Forest Grove District | REDMOND HILL FIRE |
| 13 July 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | HILL ROAD TRUCK FIRE |
| 16 October 1999 | Debris and open burning | 48 acres | Forest Grove District | FOX RIDGE FIRE |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Hughes Flying Boat (H-4 Hercules): 10 past producers, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ceramco Clay Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Ceramco Clay Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Dayton Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dayton Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Penland Bar Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Penland Bar Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bowyer Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Mcdowell Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Sohrweild Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Starr Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Buchanan Cellers Mill | 2.2 miles | 2012 |
 | Francis Fletcher House | 2.2 miles | 1975 |
 | Jack Spence House | 2.4 miles | 1986 |
 | Frank W. Fenton House | 2.4 miles | 1983 |
 | McMinnville Downtown Historic District | 2.4 miles | 1987 |
 | Yamhill River Lock and Dam | 2.7 miles | 1991 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100009992 in Record Group 79. |
| Yamhill County | All 84 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.