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One of 83 National Register listings published here for Jefferson County · listed in 2000 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Building 710, Defense Civil Preparedness Agency, Region 6 Operations Center
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Denver Federal Center, Lakewood, 80226
- When was it listed? March 2000
- Category. building
- Census division. Northeast Jefferson
- National Register reference number. 00000104 - 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
1,223 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,223 fires within 5 miles of Building 710, Defense Civil Preparedness Agency, Region 6 Operations Center between 2003 and 2020, burning about 5,594 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 44 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 982 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 51 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 44 |
| Smoking | 39 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 25 |
| Fireworks | 20 |
| Natural | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | West Metro Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 9 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | West Metro Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | N/A |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | N/A |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | West Metro Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | West Metro Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | West Metro Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pleasant View Fire Department | N/A |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 42 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 42 workings within 5 miles of Building 710, Defense Civil Preparedness Agency, Region 6 Operations Center: 27 occurrences, 11 producers, 3 past producers, 1 unknown. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rio Grande Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | 1973 | |
| Soda Lakes, Soda Springs | Sodium | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Linda 1&2 Mine | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Youngfield Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold | Past Producer | 1979 | |
| George W. Parfet Estate, Inc., Prospect | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | ||
| South Golden Mine | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | ||
| Strainland Mine | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | ||
| Stranger Mine | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer |
Storms near this property
59 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lakewood, the town this property stands in, in 59 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 48 hail, 4 lightning, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. The reports record 2 deaths and 5 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2004 | Lightning | Lakewood | 1 killed, 4 hurt | A father and son practicing on the driving range at the Meadows Golf Club were were struck by lightning. The father was killed by the bolt and his 16-yr old was son seriously injured. Three others standing nearby received only minor injuries. |
| July 2019 | Flash Flood | Lakewood | 1 killed | A woman was swept away in flash flooding. Rescue crews searched Lakewood Gulch, after the report of a person in the water near West 12th Avenue and Miller Street. Her body was found in 10 ft of water the following day along Lakewood Gulch near West 12th Avenue and Lee Street. |
| June 1996 | Lightning | Lakewood | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Flash Flood | Lakewood | $128,000,000 | Large hail, strong winds and torrential rain hammered portions of Lakewood and South Denver. Nearly 1 inch of rain fell in the span of 10 minutes in South Denver with a storm total of 1.81 inches reported. Street flooding was extensive as gutters and other drainage systems in the area were clogged by hail, piled several inches deep, as well as other debris. In addition, extensive damage to cars, homes and businesses was reported as strong thunderstorm winds to 50 mph and large hail accompanied the heavy rain. Several trees were downed by the strong winds and trees stripped of their leaves by the hail. A water lily exhibition on display at the Denver Botanic Gardens was heavily damaged. Final estimates of the damage included $60 million to automobiles with another $68 million to homes and businesses. |
| June 2012 | Lightning | Lakewood | $20,000 | Lightning struck a home in Lakewood and caused extensive electrical damage. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Lakewood | - | Report from mping. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Lakewood | - | Report from mping. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakewood | - | Tree branches up to one inch in diameter were snapped. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakewood | - | Strong thunderstorm winds blew a tree down near 6th Ave. and Sheridan Blvd. At least five cars were damaged. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Lightning | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Flood | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office of Civil Defense Emergency Operations Center | 0.3 miles | 1999 | |
| Denver and Intermountain Railroad Interurban No. 25 | 0.6 miles | 2012 | |
| Hill Section, Golden Hill Cemetery | 2.1 miles | 1995 | |
| Hill Section, Golden Hill Cemetery | 2.1 miles | 1995 | |
 | Davies' Chuck Wagon Diner | 2.2 miles | 1997 |
 | Camp George West Historic District | 3.3 miles | 1993 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 00000104 in Record Group 79. |
| Jefferson County | All 83 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.