Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
“Hayden Ranch Headquarters is located near Leadville, Colorado and is an example of early high country agricultural operations. Colorado Mountain College currently owns the property.”
Wikipedia article Hayden Ranch Headquarters, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 10 National Register listings published here for Lake County · listed in 2003 · category: District.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Hayden Ranch Headquarters between 1992 and 2020, burning about 160 acres in total. 13 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 36 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | SOUTH ELBERT |
| 2 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | LILY POND |
| 13 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | FOREBAY |
| 12 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | LODGEPOLE 2 |
| 10 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | SPRING CREEK |
| 9 August 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | SOUTH ELBERT |
| 7 August 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Royal Gorge Field Office | LODGEPOLE FLATS |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Hayden Ranch Headquarters: 15 occurrences, 15 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C H Stenner Mill | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Kathy K Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Prospect Mtn | Lead, Zinc, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Smith-Bullard Mine | Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Tom Thumb | Gold, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Cerlew Placer | Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Placer Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Unknown | Lead, Zinc, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Lead, Zinc, Silver | Occurrence |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leadville, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 4 lightning, 1 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1998 | Lightning | Leadville | 2 hurt, $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Lightning | Leadville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Lightning | Leadville | $3,000 | A lightning flash struck in the front yard of a house, traveled a wire fence to the front of the house, and onto the aluminum siding. A window was broken on the house, and two tires on a car were flattened. The solar energy system of the house was also damaged. |
| August 1999 | Lightning | Leadville | $1,000 | A lightning flash struck the U.S. Forest Service building, destroying the electrical box on the south side of the building. |
| August 2023 | Heavy Rain | Leadville | - | One point one inches fell in 20 minutes. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Leadville | - | no account filed |
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.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Derry Mining Site Camp | 1.6 miles | 2000 |
 | Interlaken Resort District | 3.9 miles | 1974 |
 | Twin Lakes District | 4.8 miles | 1974 |
 | Leadville National Fish Hatchery | 7.8 miles | 1980 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 03001007 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Lake County | All 10 listed properties in this county. |
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