BlockFrom the record
One of 56 National Register listings published here for Clatsop County · listed in 1988 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Uniontown-Alameda Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
The listing
- Listed as. Uniontown--Alameda Historic District - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. Marine Dr. and Alameda Ave., between Hume and Hull Aves., Astoria, 97103
- When was it listed? August 1988
- Category. district
- Census division. Astoria
- National Register reference number. 88001311 - 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
68 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Uniontown-Alameda Historic District between 1992 and 2019, burning about 5 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Astoria District | JACK CREEK |
| 6 September 2012 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | MITSCHER RD. |
| 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 |
| 3 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | KLASKANIE TRAIL |
| 24 September 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Astoria District | FLORENCE ST. |
| 22 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Astoria District | WILLIAMSPORT 2 |
| 22 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Astoria District | MUDD ROAD |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 31 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Uniontown-Alameda Historic District: 16 past producers, 9 producers, 3 occurrences, 2 unknowns. 9 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 | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Flagstone | Producer | ||
| Columbia River Bar | Titanium | Unknown | ||
| Astoria Landfill | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone | Producer | ||
| Astor House, Inc. | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Astoria Victory Monument | 0.2 miles | 1984 |
 | Peter L. Cherry House | 0.6 miles | 1984 |
 | Astoria Wharf and Warehouse Company | 0.6 miles | 1984 |
 | Astoria City Hall | 0.6 miles | 1984 |
 | John Hobson House | 0.6 miles | 1978 |
 | Clatsop County Jail (Old) | 0.7 miles | 1983 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 88001311 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.