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One of 98 National Register listings published here for El Paso County · listed in 2002 · category: Structure.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Little Fountain Creek Bridge
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Address. CO 115 at milepost 36.84, Widefield, 80926
- When was it listed? October 2002
- Category. structure
- Also known as. Highway Bridges in Colorado MPS
- Census division. Cheyenne Mountain
- National Register reference number. 02001153 - 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
66 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Little Fountain Creek Bridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,471 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 2 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 | 45 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Southwest Highway 115 Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 9 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | El Paso County | UNKNOWN |
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | HWY 115 |
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | COLORADO SPRINGS |
| 27 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 2 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | COLORADO SPRINGS |
| 2 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | HWY 115 |
| 10 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwest Highway 115 Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 25 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Little Fountain Creek Bridge: 11 past producers, 9 producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Feldspar, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fountain Creek Magnetite Deposit | Iron, Titanium, Metal | Past Producer | ||
| Johnny | Feldspar, Quartz | Past Producer | ||
| Johnny Feldspar Mine | Feldspar, Mica, Quartz | Past Producer | Microcline, Muscovite, Quartz | |
| Johnny Feldspar Mine | Feldspar, Mica | Producer | ||
| Mike Doyle Carnotite Deposit | Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | 1949 | |
| South Cheyenne Mine | Stone | Unknown | ||
| St Peters Dome Fluorite | Fluorine-Fluorite, Silver, Lead, Silica, Zinc, Gold | Prospect | 1883, 1910 | |
| Timberline Tunnel | Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | 1917, 1945 | |
| Unknown | Feldspar, Gemstone, Fluorine-Fluorite, Mica | Occurrence | Feldspar, Muscovite | |
| Unnamed Manganese Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence |
Storms near this property
39 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Widefield, the town this property stands in, in 39 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 31 hail, 5 flash flood, 3 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Hail | Widefield | - | Report from mPING. Hail measured to 1 inch occurred in Fountain. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Widefield | - | Water on roadway 6 inches to a foot deep at Hwy 115 and Star Ranch Road. |
| July 2025 | Hail | Widefield | - | Hail measured to 1.5 inches occurred in central El Paso County. |
| August 2024 | Hail | Widefield | - | A public report via mPING reported hail of 1 inch in diameter. |
| August 2024 | Heavy Rain | Widefield | - | A trained spotter reported 1.00 inches of rain, which fell in a 30 min period, and was produced by a strong thunderstorm. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Widefield | - | A public source via mPing, reported hail of 1 inch in diameter. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Widefield | - | A source via amateur radio reported hail of 1.25 inches in diameter. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Widefield | - | Hail measured to 1.5 inches fell in Security. |
| September 2024 | Hail | Widefield | - | There was one inch hail measured at the location. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Widefield | - | Mping report. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Widefield | - | From the Mping app and the public. |
| August 2020 | Flash Flood | Widefield | - | Water flowing over curb at Fontaine and Dartmouth. |
| August 2020 | Flash Flood | Widefield | - | Extensive street flooding reported by broadcast media. |
| August 2020 | Flash Flood | Widefield | - | Cars stalling in flood waters across roadway. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Widefield | - | Trained spotter reported large hail, 1 inch. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Widefield | - | Public reported large hail, 1.25 inches. |
| August 2020 | Heavy Rain | Widefield | - | Heavy rainfall of 1.79 inches. |
| July 2016 | Flash Flood | Widefield | - | Strong storms produced heavy rain and flash flooding of Fontaine Street in Security. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Widefield | - | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Hail | Widefield | - | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Heavy Rain | Widefield | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Widefield | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Widefield | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Widefield | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Widefield | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Widefield | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Widefield | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Widefield | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Widefield | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Widefield | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Widefield | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Widefield | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Widefield | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Widefield | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Widefield | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Widefield | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Widefield | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Widefield | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Widefield | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Shrine of the Sun | 6.6 miles | 1994 |
 | El Pomar Estate | 7.7 miles | 1995 |
 | Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway-Corley Mountain Highway | 7.8 miles | 1999 |
 | Claremont | 7.9 miles | 1977 |
 | Old Livery Stable | 7.9 miles | 1979 |
 | Pauline Chapel | 8.0 miles | 2001 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 02001153 in Record Group 79. |
| El Paso County | All 98 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.