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Photograph of Granada Bridge
Photograph by Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Granada Bridge

Built in 1949. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

From the record

“Route 385 (US 385) at milepost 97.32 in or near Granada, Colorado. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.”

Wikipedia article Granada Bridge (Granada, Colorado), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 16 National Register listings published here for Prowers County · listed in 2002 · category: Structure · built in 1949.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. US 385 at milepost 97.32, Granada, 81047
  • When was it listed? October 2002
  • Category. structure
  • Also known as. Highway Bridges in Colorado MPS
  • Census division. Granada
  • When was it built? 1949
  • National Register reference number. 02001138 - 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

27 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Granada Bridge between 1994 and 2013, burning about 117 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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
Recreation and ceremony12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Arson/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
30 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreProwers Countynot named
29 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersBRISTOL
10 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
9 August 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreProwers Countynot named
8 August 1995Recreation and ceremony10 acresProwers Countynot named
3 July 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreProwers Countynot named
3 July 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreProwers Countynot named
27 July 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreProwers Countynot named

Every fire recorded in Prowers County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Granada Bridge: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel

Every working recorded in Prowers County

Storms near this property

60 of 67 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Granada, the town this property stands in, in 67 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 41 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 9 tornado, 4 heavy rain. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1996Tornado (F0)Granada$50,000no account filed
August 2017HailGranada$20,000Wind-driven hail broke windows of vehicles and houses.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindGranada$5,000A few power lines were downed around Granada.
June 2008Tornado (EF0)Granada$5,000A tornado occurred over open country in north central Prowers County...narrowly missing ranch buildings. Some fencing was destroyed.
May 1994HailGranada$50Hail up to tennis-ball size fell south of Granada (17 miles east of Lamar), breaking a car windshield.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindGranada-A public source reported a measured wind gust of 70 kts, and snapped tree branches, down power poles, damage to side of a barn.
May 2024HailGranada-A public source via mPing, reported hail of 1 inch in diameter.
June 2023Tornado (EF3)Granada-A well documented strong and long lasting EF-3 tornado meandered across Prowers County south of Granada, Colorado, on June 23, 2023, remaining over open countryside for most of its life. Early during the tornadoes lifespan, it heavily impacted a family farm. Two wooden barns were completely destroyed, with little evidence |remaining of them other than the outline where they once stood. A metal farm outbuilding was virtually gone, with only the twisted steel beam reinforcements remaining. The primary family house was completely destroyed, with only a part of an interior wall still in place. After impacting the family home, the tornado continued to the southeast and knocked down power lines along County Road 25 before heading back into open countryside and dissipating.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindGranada-Large tree blown across both lanes of Highway 50.
March 2021Heavy RainGranada-Heavy rain of 1.50 inches.
July 2021Heavy RainGranada-Heavy rainfall of 1.34 inches, most of which occurred within 30 minutes.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindGranada-Granada station.
May 2020Tornado (EFU)Granada-Chaser reported a tornado south of Granada. Tornado was on the ground for a few minutes before lifting. No reports of damage as the tornado was over open fields.
August 2020HailGranada-Trained spotter reported large hail, the size of 1.25 inches.
August 2020HailGranada-Broadcast Media reported large hail, 2 inches.
July 2020Heavy RainGranada-Heavy rainfall of 1.5 inches fell over 35 minutes.
July 2020Heavy RainGranada-Heavy rainfall of 1.4 inches fell.
July 2018HailGranada-Two windows broken due to hail and wind. Also, widespread tree damage.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindGranada-US 50 closed near Granada due to fallen tree blocking all lanes.
April 2017Tornado (EFU)Granada-A brief landspout tornado was witnessed by a trained spotter. The tornado caused no damage from which the NWS could assign an EF-scale rating.
July 2013Tornado (EF0)Granada-The tornado occurred over open country and caused no known damage.
April 2007Tornado (EF0)Granada-Two supercells occurred in central and northern Prowers County between 4:20 p.m. and 5:40 p.m. At approximately 4:30 p.m., a funnel cloud was reported several miles southwest of Granada. At 5:25 p.m. a large, slow moving, slowly rotating tornado moving approximately three miles between ranch houses southwest of Granada. There was no known damage.
August 2007Flash FloodGranada-Heavy rain from nearly stationary thunderstorms brought ponding of water over six inches deep to the Granada area in Prowers County.
August 2004Tornado (F0)Granada-A short-lived tornado caused no known damage.
May 1997Funnel CloudGranada-A trained weather spotter saw a funnel cloud moving south toward Granada.
July 2023HailGranada-no account filed
May 2022Thunderstorm WindGranada-no account filed
June 2022HailGranada-no account filed
June 2022HailGranada-no account filed
July 2021Thunderstorm WindGranada-no account filed
July 2021Thunderstorm WindGranada-no account filed
July 2021Thunderstorm WindGranada-no account filed
May 2020HailGranada-no account filed
July 2018HailGranada-no account filed
June 2016HailGranada-no account filed
June 2015HailGranada-no account filed
June 2015HailGranada-no account filed
May 2015HailGranada-no account filed
April 2012HailGranada-no account filed
July 2009HailGranada-no account filed
June 2008HailGranada-no account filed
June 2008HailGranada-no account filed
April 2007HailGranada-no account filed
May 2006HailGranada-no account filed
June 2006HailGranada-no account filed
June 2006HailGranada-no account filed
June 2005HailGranada-no account filed
April 2004HailGranada-no account filed
June 2004HailGranada-no account filed
June 2004HailGranada-no account filed
July 2004HailGranada-no account filed
July 2002HailGranada-no account filed
May 2001HailGranada-no account filed
June 2001Thunderstorm WindGranada-no account filed
March 2000HailGranada-no account filed
April 2000HailGranada-no account filed
July 1999HailGranada-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindGranada-no account filed
April 1999HailGranada-no account filed
July 1997HailGranada-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Prowers 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

2 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Granada Historic Commercial District2.1 miles2025
Granada Relocation Center3.2 miles1994

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 02001138 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Prowers CountyAll 16 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.