Rio Grande Southern Railroad Engine No. 20

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

From the record

One of 83 National Register listings published here for Jefferson County · listed in 2000 · category: Structure.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
Address. 17155 W. 44th Ave., Golden, 80403
When was it listed? December 2000
Category. structure
Census division. Golden
National Register reference number. 00001003 - 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

598 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 598 fires within 5 miles of Rio Grande Southern Railroad Engine No. 20 between 2003 and 2020, burning about 1,821 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 8 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	481
Equipment and vehicle use	28
Smoking	27
Recreation and ceremony	13
Natural	13
Fireworks	9
Arson/incendiarism	8
Misuse of fire by a minor	6
Debris and open burning	5
Railroad operations and maintenance	4
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3
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
9 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
7 September 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Golden Fire Department	UNKNOWN
6 September 2020	Smoking	under an acre	West Metro Fire Rescue	N/A
6 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters	GOLDEN
4 September 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Golden Fire Department	UNKNOWN
30 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters	not named
30 September 2015	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	West Metro Fire Rescue	UNKNOWN

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 121 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 121 workings within 5 miles of Rio Grande Southern Railroad Engine No. 20: 59 producers, 40 occurrences, 14 past producers, 5 unknowns. 59 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Alumet Pilot Plant	Aluminum	Unknown
Aubrey-Ladwig Mine	Uranium, Copper	Past Producer	1954, 1955, 1956
Buckman Property	Uranium, Copper, Lead, Molybdenum, Zinc, Silver	Occurrence	Vein
Centennial Cone	Beryllium	Producer
Cressman Gulch	Beryllium, Mica, Feldspar	Producer	Beryl, Feldspar, Muscovite
Cressmans Gulch Prospect	Feldspar, Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Mica	Past Producer	Beryl, Microcline, Muscovite
Grosso	Vanadium, Uranium	Prospect
Ladwig Group	Uranium, Copper, Lead, Zinc	Occurrence	1971
Ladwig-Grosso Pegmatite	Beryllium, Mica, Feldspar, Quartz	Past Producer	Beryl, Muscovite, Quartz
Mica Prospect, Nare Ranch	Feldspar, Mica, Quartz	Producer	Feldspar, Mica, Quartz

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this property

60 of 70 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Golden, the town this property stands in, in 70 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 53 hail, 7 flash flood, 6 lightning, 4 thunderstorm wind. 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
May 2007	Lightning	Golden	$200,000	no account filed
September 2013	Flash Flood	Golden	-	Coal Creek went over its banks and washed out portions of CO72 at Twin Spruce. The highway was completely washed out between Plainview and Twin Spruce. Additional washouts occurred on side streets within Coal Creek Canyon. Many residents were ordered to remain in their homes (Shelter In Place) until rescue teams could reach them.
September 2013	Flash Flood	Golden	-	Flash flooding and debris was reportedly washed out a sections of CO72 at the base of Coal Creek Canyon. Road closures included: CO72 , from CO93 to Coal Creek Canyon; CO93, between CO72 and CO128; CO72, between CO93 and Indiana St.; U.S. 36, between Wadsworth Blvd and Flatirons; Interstate 70 west, from Floyd Hill to Hidden Valley due to rock slides. Natural Gas Lines in Coal Creek Canyon were also shut off.
September 2013	Flash Flood	Golden	-	Continuous heavy rainfall produced flash flooding. Additional road washouts occurred on side streets within Coal Creek Canyon. CO72 was completely washed out between Plainview and Twin Spruce.
September 2013	Flash Flood	Golden	-	Continuous moderate to heavy rainfall produced flash flooding.
September 2013	Flash Flood	Golden	-	Continuous heavy rainfall produced widespread flash flooding.
August 2010	Lightning	Golden	-	A lightning strike sparked a small grass fire near Quaker Street and Golden Road. It was quickly extinguished by emergency responders.
July 2003	Flash Flood	Golden	-	Heavy rainfall caused flooding and flash flooding problems in north central Jefferson County. Officials were forced to briefly close State Highway 93, north of Golden, which was flooded by runoff and littered with debris. In Golden, flash floods left several backyards and basements full of standing water. At least one car was submerged in a garage. Radar estimated 1 to 1.5 inches of rain had fallen in the area in approximately 30 minutes.
August 2001	Lightning	Golden	-	Lightning coupled with strong thunderstorm winds knocked out power to approximately 10,000 Excel Energy customers.
July 2000	Lightning	Golden	-	Lightning sparked a grassfire that burned approximately 50 acres at the Rocky Flats Environmental Test Facility.
August 2000	Lightning	Golden	-	Lightning sparked three small grassfires near Golden. The fires however, were quickly contained.
July 1997	Flash Flood	Golden	-	Heavy rain caused Lena Gulch to surge 2 feet over its banks. The fire department had to rescue a man when his van stalled in the highwaters.
April 1994	Hail	Golden	-	Weather spotters reported dime-size hail fell at the intersection of Highways 287 and C470 in Jefferson County. Marble-size hail covered the ground near Golden (12 miles west of Denver), to a depth of one inch.
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Golden	-	no account filed
August 2021	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
August 2021	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
August 2020	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
August 2020	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
July 2019	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
May 2017	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
May 2017	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
May 2017	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
July 2016	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
May 2015	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
June 2015	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
July 2014	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
July 2014	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
August 2014	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
March 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Golden	-	no account filed
August 2011	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
June 2010	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
July 2010	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
July 2009	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
September 2009	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
September 2009	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
September 2009	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
May 2008	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
May 2007	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
July 2007	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
July 2007	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
May 2007	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
May 2007	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
July 2007	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
April 2006	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
April 2005	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
March 2005	Lightning	Golden	-	no account filed
April 2005	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
April 2005	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
April 2005	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Golden	-	no account filed
June 2004	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
June 2004	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
June 2004	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
June 2004	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
June 2004	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
June 2003	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
August 2002	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
August 2002	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
August 2002	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
August 2002	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson County

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 miles

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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Rio Grande Southern Railroad, Motor No. 7	under 500 feet	1997
Rio Grande Southern Railroad, Motor No. 6	under 500 feet	1997
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Caboose No. 0578	under 500 feet	2003
Rio Grande Southern Railroad, Motor No. 2	under 500 feet	1997
Barnes-Peery House	1.8 miles	2001
Golden High School	1.8 miles	1997

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 00001003 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.