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One of 69 National Register listings published here for Josephine County · listed in 1999 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
William and Nannie Nauke House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss, 1 site as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Nauke, William and Nannie, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 24195 Redwood Highway, Kerby, 97531
- When was it listed? August 1999
- Category. building
- Census division. Cave Junction
- National Register reference number. 99000946 - 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
362 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 362 fires within 5 miles of William and Nannie Nauke House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 998 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 34 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 | 64 |
| Smoking | 57 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 44 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 36 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 34 |
| Debris and open burning | 32 |
| Natural | 25 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 25 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 18 |
| Other causes | 15 |
| Fireworks | 9 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 3 |
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 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | GREEN BRIDGE |
| 9 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Grants Pass Unit | OLD STAGE RD |
| 9 September 2002 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Grants Pass Unit | PP #D4426 |
| 9 September 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Grants Pass Unit | REDWOOD HWY |
| 9 September 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | Grants Pass Unit | FORKS PARK #2 |
| 8 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Medford District | REDWOOD HWY 27752 |
| 8 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Medford District | REDWOOD HWY 24100 |
| 8 September 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Grants Pass Unit | OLD STAGE ROAD |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 116 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 116 workings within 5 miles of William and Nannie Nauke House: 49 past producers, 28 occurrences, 20 prospects, 14 producers. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Chromium, Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Nickel. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson | Gold, Platinum, Iridium | Past Producer | 1865 | |
| Associated Chromite Claim | Boron-Borates | Past Producer | ||
| Bear Placer | Gold, Iron, Nickel, Platinum | Producer | Stream Placer | |
| Bear Placers, Inc. | Gold, PGE, Nickel, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Buckskin | Chromium, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Eight Dollar Mountain | Chromium, Nickel, Cobalt, Iron | Occurrence | 1942 | |
| Eight Dollar Mtn Laterite | Nickel, Iron, Cobalt, Chromium | Prospect | 1942 | |
| Free and Easy | Nickel, Cobalt, Chromium | Occurrence | 1942 | |
| Free and Easy Laterite | Nickel, Chromium, Cobalt | Occurrence | 1942 | |
| Holton Creek Limestone | Limestone, Ultra Pure, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | Marble |
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
5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Logan Cut | 6.4 miles | 2001 | |
 | Siskiyou Smokejumper Base | 6.6 miles | 2006 |
 | Siskiyou Smokejumper Base (Boundary Increase) | 6.7 miles | 2014 |
| Old Placer Mine | 7.3 miles | 2001 | |
| Logan Cut | 7.4 miles | 2001 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 99000946 in Record Group 79. |
| Josephine County | All 69 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.