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One of 93 National Register listings published here for Clackamas County · listed in 1981 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Howard's Gristmill
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 26401 S. Hwy. 213, Mulino, 97042
- When was it listed? December 1981
- Category. building
- Census division. Mulino
- National Register reference number. 81000478 - 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
111 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Howard's Gristmill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,664 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 56 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Fireworks | 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 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | GRAVES CREEK |
| 8 September 2011 | Smoking | under an acre | Molalla Unit | LELAND |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,584 acres | Molalla Unit | CLACKAMAS COUNTY FIRES |
| 7 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | DALMATIAN PILE |
| 5 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | RINGO RD |
| 30 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest Oregon District | LARKIN |
| 28 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | JORDAN FIELD FIRE |
| 25 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Molalla Unit | PARADISE LANE |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Howard's Gristmill: 14 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forman Quarry #2 | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Forman Quarry No. 2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Rooster Rock Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Carl Hansen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Molalla Clay Products | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Molalla Clay Products | Clay | Producer | ||
| Needy Brick & Tile # 2 | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Needy Clay Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Needy Clay Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Carl Hansen | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
2 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mulino, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports in 2015: 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 2015 | Flood | Mulino | $128,000 | The Pudding River flooded near Aurora on the 18th, then remained near flood stage through December 24. The Clackamas River flooded near Estacada on December 18th. |
| December 2015 | Flood | Mulino | - | The Pudding River at Aurora exceeded flood stage and remained near flood stage for several days (through December 15th). |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| John and Magdalena Davis Farm | 2.2 miles | 2005 | |
 | Macksburg Lutheran Church | 3.7 miles | 1982 |
 | William Hatchette Vaughan House | 4.0 miles | 1993 |
 | Fred Vonder Ahe House and Summer Kitchen | 5.7 miles | 1976 |
 | Horace L. Dibble House | 5.7 miles | 1974 |
 | William Knight House | 6.0 miles | 1986 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 81000478 in Record Group 79. |
| Clackamas County | All 93 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.