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One of 40 National Register listings published here for Coos County · listed in 1992 · category: Building · built in 1912.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Leo J. Cary House
Built in 1912. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Cary, Leo J., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 572 E. First St., Coquille, 97423
- When was it listed? October 1992
- Category. building
- Also known as. Coquille MPS
- Census division. Coquille
- When was it built? 1912
- National Register reference number. 92001317 - 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
73 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Leo J. Cary House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 24 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Coos Forest Protective Association | LITTLE FISHTRAP |
| 7 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | OLD HIGHWAY 42 |
| 30 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Coos Forest Protective Association | BEAVER CREEK |
| 28 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | FINLEY LOOP |
| 25 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Bridge Unit | LEE VALLEY |
| 21 September 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | HWY 42S MILEPOST 14 |
| 21 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Coos Bay District | GRAY CREEK |
| 12 September 1994 | Smoking | under an acre | Coos Forest Protective Association | CUNNINGHAM CREEK |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 40 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of Leo J. Cary House: 33 past producers, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mcleod Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Art E Jones | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Art E. Jones Pit | Stone | Producer | ||
| Bob Angell, Inc | Stone | Producer | ||
| Fat Elk Site | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Fat Elk Site | Stone | Producer | ||
| Hervey Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Mcleod Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Mcmullen Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Mcmullen Pit | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
4 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coquille, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports between 2006 and 2013: 3 flood, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2013 | Lightning | Coquille | 1 hurt | The Roseburg News-Review reported that a logger was injured when lightning struck while he was holding a steel choker cable. He received a severe shock and was taken to Coquille Valley hospital. He recovered and returned to work four days later. |
| January 2008 | Flood | Coquille | - | The Coquille River at Coquille met or exceeded flood stage (21.0 feet) during this interval. The river crested at 21.02 feet at 10/0100 PST. |
| December 2006 | Flood | Coquille | - | The Coquille River at Coquille exceeded flood stage at 15/2000 PST, crested at 21.47 feet (0.47 feet above flood stage) at 16/0115 PST, and went back below flood stage at 16/1400 PST. |
| December 2006 | Flood | Coquille | - | The Coquille River at Coquille exceeded the flood stage of 21.0 feet during this interval. The river crested at 22.30 feet at 27/0415 and 27/0445 PST. |
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 E. and Christina Paulson House | under 500 feet | 1983 |
 | Judge Lintner Harlocker House | 0.2 miles | 1992 |
 | A. J. Sherwood House | 0.2 miles | 1992 |
 | St. James Episcopal Church | 0.2 miles | 1992 |
 | Coquille City Hall | 0.3 miles | 1992 |
 | Black, A. H. and Company, Building | 7.9 miles | 1990 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 92001317 in Record Group 79. |
| Coos County | All 40 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.