Jackson County, Colorado

108 topographic sheets cover 16 settlements here, and 3 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

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From the record

3 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Colorado within the United States

Jackson County within Colorado

What the record shows

299 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
3 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 2 buildings and 1 district.
The Geographic Names Information System records 16 populated places in this county; 16 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
Colorado State Forest Building Complex	district	2017	100000474
Hog Park Guard Station	building	2003	03000960
Lake Agnes Cabin	building	2007	07000998

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

204 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 204 of them, burning about 71,899 acres. 88 started naturally and 3 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause	Fires
Natural	88
Recreation and ceremony	45
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	40
Smoking	9
Equipment and vehicle use	9
Debris and open burning	8
Arson/incendiarism	3
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. One of them was set deliberately.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
19 June 2016	Recreation and ceremony	38,380 acres	Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland	BEAVER CREEK
15 September 2018	Recreation and ceremony	28,584 acres	Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland	RYAN
17 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4,128 acres	Jackson County	MULLEN
16 October 2015	Debris and open burning	213 acres	Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge	ARAPAHO
25 June 1994	Natural	150 acres	Jackson County	not named
28 October 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	74 acres	Northwest District, Craig	OWL CREEK
4 July 2001	Natural	56 acres	Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland	BIG RED
30 June 2018	Arson/incendiarism	43 acres	Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland	CHEDSEY

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

Storms, 1974 to 2024

11 of 11 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 11 reports for this county, causing 1 death, no injuries and about $90,000 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event	Reports
Thunderstorm Wind	5
Tornado	3
Flood	1
Hail	1
Lightning	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
May 2024	Lightning	Rand	1 killed, $85,000	A lightning strike killed a 51 year old man while he was feeding his herd. In addition, 34 cattle were killed as well. Estimated that each cow cost $2,500.
June 2011	Flood	Northgate	$5,000	no account filed
June 2018	Tornado (EF0)	Coalmont	-	A tornado touched down briefly in open country. No damage was observed.
May 2018	Tornado (EF0)	Rand	-	A tornado touched down in open country for several minutes. No damage was observed.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Rand	-	Thunderstorm winds, estimated at 50 mph (43 knots) uprooted several trees in Rand (34 miles east southeast of Steamboat Springs).
May 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Walden	-	Strong winds up to 61 mph were reported near Walden.
July 2021	Hail	Walden	-	no account filed
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Walden Jackson Co Ar	-	no account filed
September 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Coalmont	-	no account filed
July 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Walden	-	no account filed
May 1974	Tornado (F1)	not stated	-	no account filed

Mines and quarries

145 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 145 workings inside this county. 2 still produce and 143 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity	Workings
Sand and Gravel, Construction	50
Copper	35
Silver	19
Fluorine-Fluorite	14
Uranium	12
Vermiculite	10
Gold	7
Manganese	5
Molybdenum	4
Lead, Zinc	3
PGE	3
Silver, Copper	2
Zinc, Lead	2
Calcium, Silica	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
(Facility) Unnamed Smelter	Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead	Plant
Bonanza	Manganese, Iron	Past Producer
Endomile	Silver, Gold, Copper	Past Producer
Fielder Prospect	REE, Uranium	Occurrence
Fluorine Vein Properties	Fluorine-Fluorite, Silica, Manganese, Calcium	Past Producer	1925, 1943
Orifena, Gaslight, Empire, Pennsylvania	Copper, Silver	Occurrence	Copper, Silver
Unknown	Lead, Copper, Silver	Occurrence	Copper, Lead, Silver
Wolverine Mine	Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Caprock deposit	Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Gold	Prospect
Crystal Mine	Fluorine-Fluorite, Calcium, Silica	Past Producer	1920, 1945
Fluorspar Vein Properties	Fluorine-Fluorite, Calcium, Silica	Past Producer	1900, 1922
Hi Ho	Silver, Zinc, Lead	Occurrence
Unknown	Silver, Copper	Occurrence	Copper, Silver
Unknown	Silver, Zinc, Lead	Past Producer
Village Belle Mine	Copper, Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Zirkel Mine	Copper, Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Bear Creek	Copper, PGE	Occurrence
Peak 9731	PGE	Occurrence
Unknown	Silver, Lead, Zinc	Occurrence
Unknown	Vermiculite, PGE	Occurrence
Upper Jack Creek	Silver, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer
Fluorspar	Molybdenum	Occurrence	Fluorite, Ilsemannite
Kings Canyon	Copper, Silver, Molybdenum	Past Producer	pegmatite
Unknown	Molybdenum	Occurrence	Molybdenite
Unknown	Molybdenum	Occurrence
Black Bunny	Manganese	Past Producer
Rabbit Ears Manganese Deposits	Manganese	Past Producer
Unknown	Manganese	Occurrence	Psilomelane, Wad
Unknown	Manganese, Uranium	Occurrence
Mitchell Placer	Gold	Occurrence	Placer
Mitchell Placer	Gold	Unknown
Placer Draw Placers	Gold	Occurrence	Placer
Placer Draw Placers	Gold	Unknown
Unknown	Gold	Occurrence	Placer
Unknown	Gold	Occurrence
Forney Deposit	Vermiculite	Occurrence
Quaintance	Vermiculite	Past Producer
Quaintance, Riggs	Vermiculite	Occurrence	Vermiculite
Riggs Deposit	Vermiculite	Occurrence	Metamorphic
Unknown	Vermiculite	Occurrence	Vermiculite
Unknown	Vermiculite	Occurrence	Vermiculite
Unknown	Vermiculite	Occurrence
Unknown	Vermiculite, Copper	Occurrence
Unknown	Vermiculite	Occurrence
Fred Brands Ranch	Uranium	Occurrence
Fred Brands Ranch	Uranium	Occurrence
Pedad	Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium	Occurrence
Simmons	Uranium	Occurrence
Simmons	Uranium	Occurrence
Spring #1	Uranium	Occurrence
Spring #1	Uranium	Occurrence
Unknown	Uranium	Occurrence
Unknown	Uranium	Occurrence
Unknown	Uranium	Occurrence
Beta Company Mine	Fluorine-Fluorite	Past Producer
Big Pay Group (unverifiable)	Fluorine-Fluorite	Occurrence
Camp Creek Claims	Fluorine-Fluorite	Past Producer
Hankins & Follett Prospects	Fluorine-Fluorite	Occurrence
Joe (unverifiable)	Fluorine-Fluorite	Occurrence
Northgate Fluorspar District	Fluorine-Fluorite	Past Producer	1918
Northgate Mill (Facillity)	Fluorine-Fluorite	Past Producer	Underground
Spar	Fluorine-Fluorite	Prospect	1971
Unknown	Fluorine-Fluorite	Occurrence
Whale Pit (unveriifable)	Fluorine-Fluorite	Past Producer
Gaslight	Silver, Copper	Occurrence
Grand Republic	Copper, Silver	Occurrence
Jack Park	Silver	Occurrence
Orifeno	Silver, Copper	Past Producer
Silver King	Silver	Occurrence
Unknown	Copper, Silver	Occurrence
Unknown	Copper, Silver	Occurrence
Unknown	Copper, Silver	Occurrence
Unknown	Copper, Silver	Occurrence
Unknown	Silver	Occurrence
Unknown	Copper, Silver	Occurrence
Unknown	Copper, Silver	Occurrence
Unknown	Copper, Silver	Occurrence
Badger	Copper	Occurrence
Gold King Claims	Copper	Occurrence	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite
Gold King Shaft	Copper	Occurrence
Lizzy & Tully Claims	Copper	Occurrence	Copper
Lizzy & Tully Claims	Copper	Occurrence
Sierra Madre Shaft	Copper	Occurrence	Copper
Sierra Madre Shaft	Copper	Unknown
Swede Group	Copper	Occurrence	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite
Swede Group	Copper	Occurrence
Unknown	Copper	Occurrence
Unknown	Copper	Unknown
Unknown	Copper	Unknown
Unknown	Copper	Occurrence
Unknown	Copper	Occurrence
Unknown	Copper	Occurrence
Unknown Pits	Copper	Occurrence
Wolverine	Copper	Producer	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite
Zirkel Mine, 17 Claims	Copper	Occurrence	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
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	Occurrence	Gravel
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	Gravel
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	Sand and 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

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.

Bockman Lumber Camp

Walden census division · 80480 · On Grass Creek · Clark Peak quadrangle

22 sheets, 1916 to 2000
Brownlee

Walden census division · 80480 · Near Lee Draw · Cowdrey quadrangle

17 sheets, 1954 to 1981
Coalmont

Walden census division · 80480 · Coalmont quadrangle

15 sheets, 1954 to 1981
Cowdrey

Walden census division · 80434 · On Crystal Spring Creek · Cowdrey quadrangle

17 sheets, 1954 to 1981
Fort Boettcher

Walden census division · 80480 · On Ute Creek · Boettcher Lake quadrangle

25 sheets, 1911 to 2000
Gould

Walden census division · 80480 · On South Fork Michigan River · Gould quadrangle

18 sheets, 1954 to 2000
Hebron

Walden census division · 80480 · Coalmont quadrangle

15 sheets, 1954 to 1981
Kings Canyon

Walden census division · 80434 · On Lawrence Creek · Kings Canyon quadrangle

18 sheets, 1950 to 1981
Larand

Walden census division · 80480 · MacFarlane Reservoir quadrangle

17 sheets, 1954 to 1981
Northgate

Walden census division · 80434 · Near North Park · Northgate quadrangle

21 sheets, 1950 to 2000
Old Homestead

Walden census division · 80473 · On Howd Creek · Rand quadrangle

18 sheets, 1954 to 2000
Pearl

Walden census division · 80480 · On Wheeler Creek · Pearl quadrangle

22 sheets, 1911 to 2000
Rand

Walden census division · 80473 · On Rock Creek · Rand quadrangle

18 sheets, 1954 to 2000
Stelbars Lindland

Walden census division · 80480 · On North Fork Michigan River · Gould quadrangle

18 sheets, 1954 to 2000
Walden

Walden census division · 80480 · Walden quadrangle

16 sheets, 1954 to 1981
Willey Lumber Camp

Walden census division · 80480 · Clark Peak quadrangle

22 sheets, 1916 to 2000

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.