Grand County, Colorado

119 topographic sheets cover 15 settlements here, and 22 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

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From the record

22 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Colorado within the United States

Grand County within Colorado

What the record shows

348 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
22 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 13 buildings, 4 structures, 3 districts and 2 sites.
5 of the 22 listings were added during the 1970s.
The Geographic Names Information System records 15 populated places in this county; 15 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Property	Type	Listed	Reference
Byers Peak Ranch	district	2018	100002177
Cozens Ranch House	building	1988	88000709
Dutchtown	site	1988	76002292
East Inlet Trail	structure	2005	05000073
Grand Lake Lodge	district	1993	93000663
Grand River Ditch	structure	1976	76000218
Greenwood Lodge	building	2010	10000948
Holzwarth Historic District	district	1977	77000112
Kauffman House	building	1974	74000579
Little Buckaroo Ranch Barn	building	2009	09000490
Lulu City Site	site	1977	77001562
Milner Pass Road Camp Mess Hall and House	building	1987	87001130
Shadow Mountain Lookout	building	1978	78000279
Shadow Mountain Trail	structure	2008	08000124
Smith-Eslick Cottage Court	building	2016	16000491
Timber Creek Campground Comfort Station No. 245	building	1988	87001131
Timber Creek Campground Comfort Station No. 246	building	1988	87001132
Timber Creek Campground Comfort Station No. 247	building	1988	87001133
Timber Creek Road Camp Barn	building	1987	87001134
Timberline Cabin	building	1988	87001136
Tonahutu Creek Trail	structure	2008	08000130
E. C. Yust Homestead	building	1982	82001019

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

447 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 447 of them, burning about 214,191 acres. 119 started naturally and 13 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause	Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	142
Natural	119
Recreation and ceremony	111
Equipment and vehicle use	17
Debris and open burning	17
Arson/incendiarism	13
Smoking	12
Power generation/transmission/distribution	8
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Fireworks	2
Firearms and explosives use	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
14 October 2020	Recreation and ceremony	193,812 acres	Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland	EAST TROUBLESOME
14 August 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	14,833 acres	Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland	WILLIAMS FORK
28 June 2018	Natural	1,322 acres	Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland	SUGARLOAF
10 June 2013	Natural	653 acres	Rocky Mountain National Park	BIG MEADOWS
24 August 2015	Firearms and explosives use	643 acres	Northwest District, Craig	RIFLE RANGE
3 October 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	473 acres	Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland	CHURCHES PARK
5 July 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	356 acres	Northwest District, Craig	PARSHALL R
21 April 2010	Debris and open burning	342 acres	Northwest District, Craig	COAL MOUNTAIN

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1960 to 2024

44 of 44 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 44 reports for this county, causing no deaths, 31 injuries and about $332,500 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event	Reports
Thunderstorm Wind	21
Flash Flood	16
Hail	4
Lightning	2
Tornado	1

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
June 2004	Lightning	Kremmling	19 hurt	Nineteen people were injured by lightning at the Fourth Annual Kremmling Cliff Classic Golf Tournament. The group of people were on a bluff overlooking the town when the lightning struck. Four people had to be hospitalized, two suffered serious injuries.
July 2021	Flash Flood	Heeney	10 hurt	Heavy rain produced additional flash flooding where there is some culvert damage east of Williams Fork River on Kinney Creek Road.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Granby Arpt	1 hurt	A 64-yr old hiker was injured when a falling tree struck her during a severe thunderstorm.
July 2006	Lightning	Granby	1 hurt	A man was hit in the head by lightning while golfing at the Grand Elk Ranch and Golf Club golf course in Granby. His clothes were completely blown off by the blast and his body turned purple. His wife performed CPR immediately and was able to resuscitate him.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Granby	$200,000	Intense straightline winds from a severe thunderstorm knocked a 50-foot tree on to a roof. Fences were also toppled and shingles removed. Several loose objects were lifted and tossed.
July 2021	Flash Flood	Grand Lake	$25,000	Flash flooding along Tonahutu Creek forced the shut down of Grand Lake's hydro plant.
September 2023	Flash Flood	Hot Sulphur Spgs	$15,000	CO-125 was closed from milepost zero to 13 for a flash flood and mudslide near milepost 13.
July 2021	Flash Flood	Hot Sulphur Spgs	$15,000	Heavy rain produced a debris flow that impacted CO-125 near Mile Marker 7. County Road 21 was also flooded near its confluence. The debris flow forced the closure of the highway until it could be cleared. A mud/debris flow in the Cabin Creek drainage partially buried a parked USFS vehicle, and trapped the employee behind a washed-out road. The Forest Service employee was assessing one of the closed forest service roads when the storm hit, he was found safe and uninjured.
August 2022	Flash Flood	Granby	$10,000	Highway 125 was closed overnight in both directions due to mudslide concerns betweek Trail Creek and Forest Road 112.
July 2021	Flash Flood	Hot Sulphur Spgs	$10,000	Heavy rain produced multiple debris flows over CO-125 between mile markers 10 and 15. The road was closed and some travelers were stranded.
August 2021	Flash Flood	Hot Sulphur Spgs	$10,000	Heavy rain produced localized flash flooding in the East Troublesome burn area. Flooding was reported along Gravel Mountain Road from Kauffman Creek. County Roads 458 and 482 were also flooded.
August 2021	Flash Flood	Hot Sulphur Spgs	$10,000	Grand County experienced periods of heavy rainfall during the evening. The commercial operation at Drowsy Water Ranch was heavily impacted. The Ranch began an evacuation of guests to predetermined safe facilities on the property in accordance with their emergency plans.
July 2022	Flash Flood	Granby	$5,000	Highway 125 was closed when a brief burst of rain caused a mudslide between Trail Creek and Forest Road 112.
July 2021	Flash Flood	Tabernash	$5,000	Heavy rain produced localized flash flooding.
July 2021	Flash Flood	Hot Sulphur Spgs	$5,000	Heavy rain produced flash flooding along Highway 125, with mud and debris flows crossing the roadway. The highway was closed temporarily to clear off the debris. The U.S. Forest Service reported flooding and some damage on Cabin Creek and Buffalo Creek Roads.
July 2021	Flash Flood	Hot Sulphur Spgs	$5,000	Substantial flooding was reported on the northwest portion of the East Troublesome burn area which caused localized flash flooding along State Highway 125. The highway was closed north of Granby to the Jackson county line to clear mud and debris from the roadway.
July 2021	Flash Flood	Parshall	$5,000	Heavy rain produced localized flash flooding along Kinney Creek. There was some damage to the road. The floodwaters also impacted nearby properties.
July 2011	Flash Flood	Fraser	$5,000	The combination of heavy rain and spring runoff caused flash flooding along St. Louis Creek.
May 1993	Hail	Aguilar	$5,000	One inch hail fell at Lake Granby, northeast of the town of Granby.
June 1984	Tornado (F1)	not stated	$2,500	no account filed
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Kremmling Arpt	-	Kremmling AWOS weather station.
August 2022	Flash Flood	Hot Sulphur Spgs	-	Significant flash flooding and debris flows were observed at Drowsy Water Ranch, with damage reported to offices and outbuildings. A rain gauge at the ranch measure 1.04 in 90 minutes, 0.86 fell between 15:45 and 16:25.
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Grand Lake	-	Strong microburst winds damaged several boats at Grand Lake. Two large pontoon boats were lifted out of the water, one landed upside down near a home.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	(C96)Winter Park	-	Trees were blown down and partially blocked US 40.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Fraser	-	Intense thunderstorm winds downed trees near Idlewild.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Fraser	-	Trees were knocked down.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Fraser	-	Trees were blown down at Devils Thumb Trailhead and blocked vehicles.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	(C96)Winter Park	-	Wind sensor at the top of Winter Park Ski Area.
June 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Kremmling	-	Strong thunderstorm winds damaged the roof of West Grand Elementary School. The wind lifted large sections of rolled roofing and styrofoam insulation and blew it off the roof.
July 2000	Flash Flood	Granby	-	Heavy rain, up to 3.5 inches in an hour, deluged the streets, drains, homes and businesses in Granby. In many places, water was gushing out of the storm drains as the drainage system could not handle the high volume of water. Some hillsides were washed out and many yards had surface soil stripped clean. Water up to 2 feet in depth covered some of the cities' streets. Several offices and businesses were also flooded. The Granby Library, in the basement of Granby Town Hall, was also flooded. Numerous books and computers were damaged forcing the closure of the library for a week.
May 1993	Hail	not stated	-	One inch hail fell at Lake Granby, northeast of the town of Granby.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Kremmling	-	no account filed
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Kremmling	-	no account filed
May 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Kremmling	-	no account filed
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Kremmling	-	no account filed
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Kremmling Arpt	-	no account filed
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	(C96)Winter Park	-	no account filed
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	(C96)Winter Park	-	no account filed
June 2020	Hail	Granby Arpt	-	no account filed
September 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Kremmling	-	no account filed
August 2009	Hail	Kremmling	-	no account filed
April 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Kremmling	-	no account filed
May 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Kremmling	-	no account filed
July 1960	Thunderstorm Wind	not stated	-	no account filed

Mines and quarries

131 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 131 workings inside this county. 26 still produce and 105 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity	Workings
Sand and Gravel, Construction	20
Uranium	15
Gold	14
Stone, Crushed/Broken	13
Clay	11
Copper	10
Lead	9
Silver	6
Pumice	6
Molybdenum	4
REE	4
Zinc, Lead	3
Mica	3
Stone, Dimension	2

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Beaver	Copper, Beryllium, Mica	Producer	Beryl, Copper, Mica
Big Dike Lode	Beryllium, REE	Past Producer
Bobtail	Silver, Lead, Zinc	Occurrence	Vein
Bobtail Mine	Silver, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer
El Kebir	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Grand Lake Wolverine	Lead, Gold, Copper, Silver	Past Producer
Hot Sulphur Springs	Geothermal	Unknown
La Plata Williams Fork	Lead, Gold, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Molly Grove, Happy Dream	Copper, Iron	Producer	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Hematite
Mt Vasquez Mine	Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver	Past Producer
Mt. Vasquez, St. Louis, Milliken	Lead, Zinc, Copper	Occurrence	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Ready Cash	Zinc, Silver, Lead	Producer	Vein
Ruth Claims	Iron, Copper	Occurrence	Chalcopyrite, Hematite
Smith Creek	Zeolites	Producer
Unknown	Volcanic Materials	Occurrence	Ash
Unknown	Uranium, Vanadium	Producer
Unknown	Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper	Past Producer
Unknown	Perlite	Producer
Wolverine Mine	Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Gold	Producer	Vein
Wolverine Mine	Tungsten	Past Producer
High Lonesome	Copper, Lead	Occurrence	Chalcopyrite, Galena
High Lonesome Mine	Copper, Lead	Past Producer
Unknown	Stone, Dimension	Occurrence
Unknown	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Occurrence
Unknown	Stone, Dimension	Occurrence
Unknown	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Occurrence
Unknown	Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Unknown	Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Beaver Mica Mine	Mica	Occurrence	Mica
Beaver Mica Mine	Mica	Producer
Milliken Mine	Zinc, Lead	Producer	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
No Name Mine	Mica	Past Producer
Oro Fino Mine	Silver, Zinc, Lead	Past Producer
Unknown	Silver, Zinc, Lead	Past Producer
Henderson Mill	Molybdenum	Producer
Iron Creek	Molybdenum	Occurrence	Molybdenite
Parkview Mountain Prospect	Molybdenum	Occurrence
Unknown	REE	Producer	Gilsonite
Unknown	REE	Occurrence	Gilsonite
Unknown	REE	Occurrence	Gilsonite
Unknown	Molybdenum	Occurrence	Molybdenite
Unknown	Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Unknown	Pumice	Producer
Unknown	Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Unknown	Pumice	Producer
Unknown	Pumice	Unknown
Unknown	Pumice	Past Producer
Unknown	Pumice	Producer
Unknown	Pumice	Producer
Unknown	Silver, Lead	Past Producer
A.O. Prospect	Copper, Gold	Prospect
Arizoba	Copper	Past Producer
Blue Ridge	Copper	Unknown
Fourth of July Mine	Copper	Unknown
Happy Dreams	Copper	Past Producer
Monarch Harmon	Copper	Unknown
Red Gorge	Copper	Past Producer
Ruth Group of Claims	Copper	Past Producer
Unknown	Copper	Occurrence	Copper
Unknown	Copper	Occurrence	Copper
Elk Mtn Copper	Clay	Past Producer
Hartman	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown	Clay	Occurrence	Clay
Unknown	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown	Clay	Producer
Unknown	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown	Clay	Unknown
Unknown	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown	Clay	Producer
Gravel Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Gravel Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Gravel Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Gravel Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Gravel Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Gravel Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Gravel Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Unknown
Blue Monday	Gold	Occurrence	Vein
Denver Creek Placers	Gold	Occurrence	Placer
Gold Run Placers	Gold	Occurrence	Placer
Gold Run Placers	Gold	Occurrence
Lulu	Gold	Occurrence	Vein
Stillwater Creek Placers	Gold	Occurrence	Placer
Stillwater Creek Placers	Gold	Occurrence	Placer
Unknown	Gold	Occurrence
Unknown	Gold	Occurrence	Placer
Unknown	Gold	Occurrence	Placer
Unknown	Gold	Occurrence	Placer
Unknown	Gold	Occurrence
Alaska Humes Claims	Uranium	Occurrence	Carnotite
Lease #011850	Uranium	Occurrence
Lucky Jack	Uranium	Occurrence
Unknown	Uranium	Occurrence
Unknown	Uranium	Occurrence
Unknown	Uranium	Occurrence	Vein
Unknown	Uranium	Occurrence	Vein
Unknown	Uranium	Occurrence
Unknown	Uranium	Occurrence
Unknown	Uranium	Occurrence
Unknown	Uranium	Occurrence
Unknown	Uranium	Occurrence	Vein
Unknown	Uranium	Occurrence	Carnotite
Unknown	Uranium	Occurrence
Unknown 2	Uranium	Occurrence	Vein
Certified Reddi-Mix Inc	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	Gravel
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	Sedimentary
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	Gravel
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	Gravel
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	Gravel
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	Gravel
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	Gravel
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	Gravel
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	Gravel
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Gravel
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	Gravel
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	Sand and Gravel
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	Gravel
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	Gravel
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	Gravel
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	Gravel
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	Gravel
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	Gravel
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Gravel

Every populated place in the county

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

Corona

Granby census division · 80482 · Near Mount Epworth · East Portal quadrangle

28 sheets, 1905 to 1983

No longer a settlement
Elkdale

Granby census division · 80478 · On Behler Creek · Granby quadrangle

25 sheets, 1915 to 1984
Fraser

Granby census division · 80442 · On Elk Creek · Fraser quadrangle

26 sheets, 1924 to 1983
Gaskil

Granby census division · 80447 · Near Bowen Gulch · Grand Lake quadrangle

29 sheets, 1915 to 1984
Granby

Granby census division · 80446 · On Tenmile Creek · Granby quadrangle

25 sheets, 1915 to 1984
Grand Lake

Granby census division · 80447 · On North Inlet · Grand Lake quadrangle

29 sheets, 1915 to 1984
Hideaway Park

Granby census division · 80482 · On Wolverine Creek · Fraser quadrangle

26 sheets, 1924 to 1983
Hot Sulphur Springs

Granby census division · 80451 · On Heimbaugh Creek · Hot Sulphur Springs quadrangle

18 sheets, 1954 to 1980
Kremmling

Kremmling census division · 80459 · On Muddy Creek · Kremmling quadrangle

15 sheets, 1954 to 1981
Leal

Kremmling census division · 80468 · On South Fork Williams Fork · Ute Peak quadrangle

16 sheets, 1933 to 1980
Maryvale

Granby census division · 80442 · On Vasquez Creek · Fraser quadrangle

26 sheets, 1924 to 1983
Parshall

Kremmling census division · 80468 · On Williams Fork · Parshall quadrangle

18 sheets, 1954 to 1980
Tabernash

Granby census division · 80478 · On Ranch Creek · Fraser quadrangle

26 sheets, 1924 to 1983
Troublesome

Kremmling census division · 80459 · Near Sulphur Gulch · Junction Butte quadrangle

15 sheets, 1954 to 1980
Winter Park

Granby census division · 80482 · On Buck Creek · Fraser quadrangle

26 sheets, 1924 to 1983

The vanished settlements of Grand County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Provenance

Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
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.