BlockFrom the record
One of 56 National Register listings published here for Clatsop County · listed in 2014 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Astoria Marine Construction Company Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
The listing
- Address. 92134 Front Rd., Astoria, 97103
- When was it listed? January 2014
- Category. district
- Census division. Astoria
- National Register reference number. 13001058 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
133 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Astoria Marine Construction Company Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 51 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 36 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Other causes | 5 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | CHATTERBOX |
| 8 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.8 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | WADSWORTH #2 |
| 8 September 2011 | Smoking | under an acre | Astoria District | FAIRWAY DR. |
| 7 September 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | Astoria District | CLATSOP PLAINS 2 FIRE |
| 6 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.4 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | RED FLAG |
| 6 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Astoria District | SPIRIT PLACE |
| 5 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | CUTTER |
| 30 September 2009 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Astoria District | FLORENCE #033 |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 30 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Astoria Marine Construction Company Historic District: 16 past producers, 10 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Titanium, Zirconium, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Endicott Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Hammond Black Sand Locality No. 1 | Titanium, Zirconium, Iron | Prospect | ||
| Sunset Quarry & Mill | Stone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Columbia River Bar | Titanium | Unknown | ||
| Astoria Landfill | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone | Producer | ||
| Astor House, Inc. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Astor House,Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Astoria Landfille | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
3 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Astoria, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 2004 and 2016: 1 lightning, 1 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2004 | Lightning | Astoria | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| October 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Astoria | - | Strong thunderstorms produced gusts up to 58 mph, recorded at the ASOS at the Astoria Airport. |
| December 2007 | Heavy Rain | Astoria | - | Storm total precipitation was 3.94 inches, before the airport lost power. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Fort Clatsop National Memorial | 1.2 miles | 1966 |
 | Peter L. Cherry House | 3.0 miles | 1984 |
| Uniontown-Alameda Historic District | 3.0 miles | 1988 | |
 | George C. and Winona Flavel House | 3.0 miles | 1991 |
 | Robert Rensselaer Bartlett House | 3.1 miles | 1986 |
 | Norris Staples House | 3.1 miles | 1984 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 13001058 in Record Group 79. |
| Clatsop County | All 56 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.
- 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.