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One of 123 National Register listings published here for Lane County · listed in 1981 · category: Building · built in 1901.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Kyle, William, and Sons, Building
Built in 1901. 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. 1297 Bay St., Florence, 97439
- When was it listed? December 1981
- Category. building
- Census division. Florence
- When was it built? 1901
- National Register reference number. 81000499 - 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
176 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 176 fires within 5 miles of Kyle, William, and Sons, Building between 1992 and 2020, burning about 66 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 60 |
| Debris and open burning | 42 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Fireworks | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | JOAQUIN MILLER |
| 8 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | KINGWOOD CAMP |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest Oregon District | BENDER LANDING |
| 8 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Western Lane District | 908 QUINCE STREET FIRE |
| 5 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Siuslaw National Forest | TREE ISLAND |
| 4 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | OAK ST. FIRE |
| 30 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | NORTH JETTY FIRE |
| 3 September 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | MUNSEL CREEK 2 |
Mines and quarries near this property
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Kyle, William, and Sons, Building: 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sand Ranch | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sand Ranch Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
1 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Florence, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 2007: 1 heavy rain. 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 2007 | Heavy Rain | Florence | - | Storm total precipitation was 3.10 inches in Florence. |
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
3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Siuslaw River Bridge No. 01821 | 0.2 miles | 2005 |
 | Edwin E. Benedict House | 2.1 miles | 1979 |
 | Jessie M. Honeyman Memorial State Park Historic District | 2.5 miles | 1984 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 81000499 in Record Group 79. |
| Lane County | All 123 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.