Central Platoon School

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

From the record

One of 15 National Register listings published here for Morgan County · listed in 2001 · category: Building.

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 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 411 Clayton St., Brush, 80723
When was it listed? November 2001
Category. building
Census division. Brush
National Register reference number. 01001194 - 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

69 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Central Platoon School between 2011 and 2020, burning about 74 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	56
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Recreation and ceremony	3
Smoking	2
Fireworks	1
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 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Brush Fire Department	UNKNOWN
21 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters	not named
11 September 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Brush Fire Department	UNKNOWN
11 September 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Brush Fire Department	UNKNOWN
7 August 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Brush Fire Department	UNKNOWN
23 August 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Brush Fire Department	UNKNOWN
16 August 2016	Smoking	under an acre	Brush Fire Department	UNKNOWN
6 July 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters	FORT MORGAN

Every fire recorded in Morgan County

Mines and quarries near this property

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Central Platoon School: 3 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Unknown	Clay	Occurrence	Sedimentary
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Sandpit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	Sand

Every working recorded in Morgan County

Storms near this property

60 of 104 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brush, the town this property stands in, in 104 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 55 hail, 21 thunderstorm wind, 13 tornado, 7 flash flood. The reports record 2 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 1998	Hail	Brush	2 hurt, $2,200,000	Large hail pummelled the towns of Greeley, Brush and Fort Morgan. In Brush, some roofs collapsed under the deluge and one roof was blown off. Two people received minor injuries. One woman was injured, while in her home, when large hail broke through the window. Hundreds of cars were also damaged and some were stuck in the hail, up to 18 inches deep, until snowplows could clear the roads off. Crops were shredded during the hailstorm and fields flooded. Approximately 140,000 acres of cropland in and around Brush were devastated. Damage estimates to homes and vehicle in the Greeley, Brush and Fort Morgan areas was estimated at $2.2 million. In addition, crop losses from the storm were expected to exceed $1.0 million.
August 2010	Tornado (EF1)	Brush	$50,000	A tornado touched down near a home. It uprooted trees and did some damage to the home, breaking windows some windows. Two horse trailers were picked up and thrown approximately 100 yards. Several hundred yards of fence were torn out of the ground, and several wood and steel fence posts were torn out of the ground. Debris was found up to a mile from where the tornado touched down. A small horse barn that had been recently built was also destroyed; one horse was badly injured and was later euthanized.
July 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Brush	$50,000	Damaging thunderstorm winds toppled two grain elevators and knocked a tree into a home. In addition, some empty trailers were blown onto their sides. Some outbuildings at High Plains Livestock suffered roof damage and broken windows. The combination of strong wind and marble size hail also caused extensive crop damage.
June 1997	Tornado (F1)	Brush	$35,000	A small tornado damaged an irrigation sprinkler and tore up several bales of hay. The irrigation sprinkler was picked up 3 to 4 feet into the air and flipped.
August 2024	Flash Flood	Brush	$25,000	Widespread Flash Flooding in reported in Brush due to 4 inches of rain. Exact location was estimated. No reports of damage, but there was likely some.
May 2015	Flash Flood	Brush	$25,000	Several roads in the Brush area were inundated by floodwaters.
May 2015	Flash Flood	Brush	$25,000	Heavy rain continued to produce flooding and flash flooding, inundating numerous roads across east central Morgan County.
July 2008	Flash Flood	Brush	$10,000	Floodwaters, up to one foot in depth, caused extensive flooding in Brush. Streets and yards were flooded, and the high water entered several homes.
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Brush	$10,000	Microburst winds damaged a garage and destroyed a small shed in Brush. The burst blew the roof off the garage and smashed the shed.
August 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Brush	$20	Thunderstorm winds caused several 4-5 inch diameter trees to blow over. A motor boat was tossed off a trailer.
August 2025	Hail	Brush	-	The report was from mPING.
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Brush	-	Power poles down near the intersection of County Road 25 and County Road R. Time estimated.
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Brush	-	Multiple 3-4 inch diameter tree limbs down. Time estimated.
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Brush	-	Spotter and social media posts of at least one tree down on a house in Brush. Time and location estimated.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Brush	-	Report from mping: 3-inch tree limbs broken; Power poles broken.
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Brush	-	Windows blown out in Brush, estimated due to high straight line winds.
August 2024	Heavy Rain	Brush	-	Rainfall of 4.07 inches fell between 17:49pm to 19:09pm MST.
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Brush	-	Reports of powerlines and trees down.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Brush	-	Intense straight-line winds snapped a large tree, 18 inches in diameter.
June 2023	Hail	Brush	-	Large hail broke windows, damaged vehicles and shredded trees.
July 2022	Tornado (EF1)	Brush	-	A tornado touched down and snapped a utility pole near the 24500 block of County Road R.
July 2022	Tornado (EF0)	Brush	-	A tornado touched down briefly and caused minor damage.
July 2022	Tornado (EF0)	Brush	-	A tornado touched down and caused minor wind damage at 25512 Road R.
May 2021	Tornado (EF0)	Brush	-	A tornado touched down briefly in open country. No damage was observed.
August 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Brush	-	Intense winds uprooted a tree, approximately 18 inches in diameter. Several tree branches up to 6 inches in diameter were broken.
July 2018	Tornado (EF2)	Brush	-	A tornado touched down and uprooted many trees, with debris striking vehicles.
July 2018	Tornado (EF2)	Brush	-	A tornado touched down and destroyed Brush Municipal Airport. Small planes were flipped over and hangers were leveled. Major tree and roof damage was also observed.
June 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Brush	-	A severe thunderstorm toppled a 60-foot tall pine tree, 24 inches in diameter. In addition, a large tree, 12 inches in diameter, was blown on to a home. Another large cottonwood tree, fell on to a car.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Brush	-	Damaging thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines.
July 2005	Lightning	Brush	-	Lightning struck a home, damaging the roof and upstairs bedroom. Electricity was blown throughout the house.
May 2003	Tornado (F1)	Brush	-	A tornado touched down briefly causing tree and fence damage.
June 2003	Flash Flood	Brush	-	Thunderstorms producing heavy rain caused flash flooding in the Brush area. Many streets in Brush were covered with up to 6 inches of standing water. Several homes and businesses in town were also flooded.
July 2001	Tornado (F0)	Brush	-	A small tornado touched down but did no damage.
July 2001	Flash Flood	Brush	-	The combination of heavy rain and hail caused flooding and flash flooding problems in the Brush and Fort Morgan areas. Several roads as well as the basments of home and businesses were flooded.
July 2001	Tornado (F0)	Brush	-	A small tornado touched down but did no damage.
July 2001	Flash Flood	Brush	-	Heavy rain caused flash flooding in the town of Brush. Several low lying areas were flooded as well as a few of the businesses in town.
July 2000	Flood	Brush	-	Heavy rain and hail caused Beaver Creek to jump its banks. Extensive flooding was reported along the creek.
July 2000	Tornado (F0)	Brush	-	A small tornado touched down briefly but did no damage.
July 2000	Lightning	Brush	-	Dry lightning sparked a large grassfire near the Pawnee Power Plant. No damage to the plant was reported.
June 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Brush	-	Thunderstorm winds of unknown intensity blew down a portion of a building under construction.
August 2025	Hail	Brush	-	no account filed
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Brush	-	no account filed
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Brush	-	no account filed
June 2023	Hail	Brush	-	no account filed
June 2023	Hail	Brush	-	no account filed
June 2023	Hail	Brush	-	no account filed
June 2023	Hail	Brush	-	no account filed
June 2023	Hail	Brush	-	no account filed
July 2022	Hail	Brush	-	no account filed
May 2021	Hail	Brush	-	no account filed
May 2021	Hail	Brush	-	no account filed
August 2020	Hail	Brush	-	no account filed
May 2018	Hail	Brush	-	no account filed
May 2015	Hail	Brush	-	no account filed
August 2015	Hail	Brush	-	no account filed
June 2014	Hail	Brush	-	no account filed
August 2013	Hail	Brush	-	no account filed
August 2013	Hail	Brush	-	no account filed
May 2011	Hail	Brush	-	no account filed
June 2010	Hail	Brush	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Morgan 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

4 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
Rankin Presbyterian Church	under 500 feet	2007
German Evangelical Immanuel Congregational Church	0.2 miles	2005
Knearl School	0.5 miles	1997
All Saints Church of Eben Ezer	1.2 miles	1982

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 01001194 in Record Group 79.
Morgan County	All 15 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.