BlockFrom the record
One of 84 National Register listings published here for Yamhill County · listed in 1990 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Asa F. Cate Farm Ensemble
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Cate, Asa F., Farm Ensemble - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 16900 NW. Baker Creek Rd., McMinnville, 97128
- When was it listed? February 1990
- Category. building
- Census division. Sheridan
- National Register reference number. 90000285 - 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
75 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Asa F. Cate Farm Ensemble between 1992 and 2020, burning about 125 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
| 7 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Forest Grove District | PANTHER CREEK FIRE |
| 29 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Forest Grove District | HIGH HEAVEN RD. |
| 22 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | Forest Grove District | PANTHER CREEK FIRE |
| 22 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Forest Grove District | SUNRISE LANE FIRE |
| 21 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Forest Grove District | MEADOWLAKE ROAD FIRE |
| 20 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Forest Grove District | PEAVINE CAR FIRE |
| 11 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Northwest Oregon District | BAKER CR LANDFILL 2 |
Mines and quarries near this property
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Asa F. Cate Farm Ensemble: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Silver, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gyllenberg Claims | Lead, Gold, Zinc, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Muhs Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Ceramco Clay Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Ceramco Clay Mine | Clay | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Pioneer Hall, Linfield College | 4.7 miles | 1978 |
 | McMinnville Downtown Historic District | 4.8 miles | 1987 |
 | Frank W. Fenton House | 4.8 miles | 1983 |
 | Jack Spence House | 4.8 miles | 1986 |
 | Buchanan Cellers Mill | 5.0 miles | 2012 |
 | John B. Wennerberg Barn | 6.8 miles | 2018 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 90000285 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.