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Photograph of J.G. Evans Barn
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J.G. Evans Barn

Built in 1885. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

From the record

One of 98 National Register listings published here for El Paso County · listed in 2004 · category: Building · built in 1885.

Sources: 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 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Evans, J.G., Barn - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. Hodgen Rd., Black Forest, 80908
  • When was it listed? June 2004
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Black Forest-Peyton
  • When was it built? 1885
  • National Register reference number. 04000624 - 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

97 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of J.G. Evans Barn between 1993 and 2020, burning about 19 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined86
Smoking3
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks1

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
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
2 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersCOLORADO SPRINGS
17 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBlack Forest Fire Rescue Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
7 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersCOLORADO SPRINGS
6 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersCOLORADO SPRINGS
3 August 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFalcon Fire Protection DistrictN/A
3 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersBLACK FOREST
29 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersCOLORADO SPRINGS

Every fire recorded in El Paso 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 J.G. Evans Barn: 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel

Every working recorded in El Paso County

Storms near this property

60 of 233 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Black Forest, the town this property stands in, in 233 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 165 hail, 48 heavy rain, 10 flash flood, 3 lightning. 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
June 1996LightningBlack Forest$70,000no account filed
July 2014LightningBlack Forest$50,000no account filed
August 2013Flash FloodBlack Forest$20,000Heavy rain caused fast-flowing water over roads and washouts. Casey Lane sustained a deep washout.
August 1993HailBlack Forest$5,000no account filed
June 2004LightningBlack Forest$3,000no account filed
June 2025HailBlack Forest-Hail up to 1 inches in diameter fell in El Paso County from severe thunderstorms.
June 2025HailBlack Forest-Hail up to 1 inches in diameter fell in El Paso County from severe thunderstorms.
June 2025HailBlack Forest-Hail up to 1 inches in diameter fell in El Paso County from severe thunderstorms.
June 2025HailBlack Forest-Hail up to 1.25 inches in diameter fell in El Paso County from severe thunderstorms.
June 2025HailBlack Forest-Hail up to 1 inches in diameter fell in El Paso County from severe thunderstorms.
June 2025HailBlack Forest-Hail up to 1 inches in diameter fell in El Paso County from severe thunderstorms.
August 2025Flash FloodBlack Forest-Small stream flooding, cropland and basement flooding.
July 2025HailBlack Forest-Report from mPING. Hail measured to 1 inch occurred in El Paso County.
July 2025HailBlack Forest-Report from mPING. Hail measured to 1 inch occurred in El Paso County.
July 2025HailBlack Forest-Hail measured to 1.4 inches occurred in El Paso County.
July 2025HailBlack Forest-Hail measured to 1 inch occurred in El Paso County.
August 2025Flash FloodBlack Forest-Minor street flooding, vehicle stranded.
August 2025Flash FloodBlack Forest-Small stream flooding, cropland and basement flooding.
July 2025HailBlack Forest-Report from mPING. Hail measured to 1 inch occurred in El Paso County.
August 2024HailBlack Forest-A public report via mPING reported hail of 0.75 inches in diameter.
August 2024HailBlack Forest-A public report via mPING reported hail of 1 inch in diameter.
May 2023HailBlack Forest-Reported by a trained spotter.
August 2023Tornado (EFU)Black Forest-Trained spotter saw the tornado on the ground around 3 to 4 miles north of his location.
August 2023Funnel CloudBlack Forest-Spotter reported a funnel cloud to the west beginning to appear, just to the north of Monument.
August 2023HailBlack Forest-Pictures from broadcast mets.
May 2023Heavy RainBlack Forest-There was 2.22 inches of rain that fell.
May 2023Heavy RainBlack Forest-There was 3.04 inches of rain that fell.
May 2023Heavy RainBlack Forest-There was 3.52 inches of rain that fell.
May 2023Heavy RainBlack Forest-There was 3.18 inches of rain that fell.
May 2023Heavy RainBlack Forest-There was 3.95 inches of rain that fell.
May 2023Heavy RainBlack Forest-There was 3.18 inches of rain that fell.
June 2023Heavy RainBlack Forest-There was 1.10 inches of rain reported.
June 2023Heavy RainBlack Forest-There was 3.64 inches of rain reported.
June 2023HailBlack Forest-Public reported.
June 2023Heavy RainBlack Forest-There was 2.96 inches of rain reported.
June 2023Heavy RainBlack Forest-There was 2.36 inches of rain reported.
June 2023Heavy RainBlack Forest-There was 3.93 inches of rain reported.
June 2023HailBlack Forest-Trained spotter reported.
June 2023HailBlack Forest-Trained spotter reported.
June 2023HailBlack Forest-Trained spotter reported.
June 2023Heavy RainBlack Forest-There was 2.64 inches of rain reported.
June 2023Heavy RainBlack Forest-There was 1.18 inches of rain reported.
June 2023Heavy RainBlack Forest-There was 1.24 inches of rain reported.
June 2023Heavy RainBlack Forest-There was 1.28 inches of rain reported.
June 2023Heavy RainBlack Forest-There was 1.63 inches reported.
June 2023Heavy RainBlack Forest-There was 4.08 inches of rain reported.
June 2023Heavy RainBlack Forest-There was 2.31 inches of rain reported.
June 2023Heavy RainBlack Forest-There was 0.93 inches of rain reported.
June 2023HailBlack Forest-Trained spotter reported.
June 2023HailBlack Forest-Trained spotter reported.
June 2023HailBlack Forest-Trained spotter reported.
June 2023Heavy RainBlack Forest-There was 1.41 inches of rain reported from 643 PM through 740PM.
June 2023Heavy RainBlack Forest-There was 1.64 inches of rain that was reported.
June 2023Heavy RainBlack Forest-There was 2.76 inches of rain that fell.
June 2023Heavy RainBlack Forest-There was 3.67 inches of rain reported.
June 2023Heavy RainBlack Forest-There was .79 inches of rain that fell.
August 2022Heavy RainBlack Forest-Recorded 1.7 inches of rain in an hour.
August 2022Heavy RainBlack Forest-Recorded 1.35 inches of rain in an hour.
July 2022Flash FloodBlack Forest-Significant flooding. A creek normally three feet wide and four inches deep is running forty plus feet wide and at least three feet deep.
August 2021Heavy RainBlack Forest-Heavy rainfall of 3.24 inches.

Every storm recorded in El Paso 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

3 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
Black Forest School4.1 miles1992
Ponderosa Lodge4.4 miles2008
Taylor Memorial Chapel4.7 miles1999

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 04000624 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
El Paso CountyAll 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.