Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
“McAlmond House is a Gothic Revival farmhouse that built in 1862. The house stands on the bluffs of Dungeness near Sequim, Clallam County, Washington.”
Wikipedia article McAlmond House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 43 National Register listings published here for Clallam County · listed in 1976 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of McAlmond House between 1998 and 2019, burning about 149 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | GREYS MARSH |
| 3 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | RIVERVIEW |
| 25 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 8 August 2001 | Other causes | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 6 August 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 3 August 2007 | Natural | 11 acres | Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge | SPIT |
| 27 August 1998 | Fireworks | 25 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 24 August 2003 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of McAlmond House: 9 past producers, 2 producers. 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christie Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Eberle Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Evans Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hansen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lotzgazelle Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mc Innes Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sequim, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 1999 and 2015: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1999 | Heavy Rain | Sequim | $100,000 | no account filed |
| March 2015 | Heavy Rain | Sequim | $30,000 | Several homes and apartments around Sequim were flooded as a result of local heavy rainfall of 1 to 2 inches in less than 12 hours. |
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.
Other 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Dungeness School | 0.7 miles | 1988 |
 | New Dungeness Light Station | 2.6 miles | 1993 |
 | Dungeness River Bridge | 4.5 miles | 1982 |
 | Sequim Opera House | 5.1 miles | 1991 |
 | Aircraft Warning Service Observation Tower | 6.2 miles | 1993 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 76001879 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Clallam County | All 43 listed properties in this county. |
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