BlockFrom the record
One of 69 National Register listings published here for Pueblo County · listed in 2005 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Squirrel Creek Recreational Unit
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
The listing
- Address. San Isabel National Forest, Beulah, 81023
- When was it listed? March 2005
- Category. district
- Census division. Pueblo
- National Register reference number. 05000215 - 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
124 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Squirrel Creek Recreational Unit between 1992 and 2020, burning about 128 acres in total. 46 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 | 52 |
| Natural | 46 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 | Beulah Valley Volunteer Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Beulah Valley Volunteer Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 3 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Beulah Valley Volunteer Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 3 September 1995 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Royal Gorge Field Office | S. HOLBERT |
| 25 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Beulah Valley Volunteer Fire Department | N/A |
| 21 September 2019 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Front Range District Office | DAVENPORT |
| 20 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Beulah Valley Volunteer Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 10 September 2005 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | WALK UP |
Mines and quarries near this property
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Squirrel Creek Recreational Unit: 2 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Marble, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Vermiculite, 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.
Storms near this property
60 of 67 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beulah, the town this property stands in, in 67 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 41 hail, 13 flash flood, 8 heavy rain, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2001 | Hail | Beulah | $1,000,000 | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Flash Flood | Beulah | $100,000 | Very heavy rain on the Junkins burn scar caused significant flash flooding along North Creek into the Beulah Valley. North Creek Road and adjoining driveways were washed out. Several residents were stranded on their property, but there were no injuries or loss of life. |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Beulah | $100,000 | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Lightning | Beulah | $70,000 | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Lightning | Beulah | $70,000 | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Beulah | $10,000 | Rainfall amounts of up to six inches occurred from near Beulah to the Rye area causing flash flooding. A foot bridge in Rye was washed away and there were numerous road washouts. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Beulah | - | Video footage provided by Pueblo County EM and Beulah Fire Chief of swift, ash-laden stream flows, excess surface runoff and debris flows after heavy rainfall hit the eastern edge of the Oak Ridge burn scar. Some forest road, culvert and stream crossing washouts occurred from debris flows and surface runoff a few miles northwest of Beulah. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Beulah | - | Publich Cocorahs report. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Beulah | - | Public report from Beulah, Colorado. |
| August 2021 | Heavy Rain | Beulah | - | Heavy rainfall of 2.45 inches. |
| August 2021 | Heavy Rain | Beulah | - | Heavy rainfall of 3.95 inches. |
| August 2021 | Heavy Rain | Beulah | - | Heavy rainfall of 2.32 inches. |
| May 2021 | Flash Flood | Beulah | - | Flooded roads throughout the Beulah area. Multiple residents were having a hard time accessing their driveways, especially in low lying areas. |
| May 2021 | Heavy Rain | Beulah | - | Heavy rain of 2.70 inches, 1 mile south southeast Beulah. |
| May 2021 | Heavy Rain | Beulah | - | Heavy rain of 1.04 inches at Beulah. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Beulah | - | Public reported large hail, 1 inch. |
| July 2019 | Flash Flood | Beulah | - | Emergency Management reports a few roads impacted and closed north of Beulah due to heavy rains and flash flooding. Northcreek Cutoff Rd is closed due to an area being washed out near a culvert. |
| July 2019 | Heavy Rain | Beulah | - | Over 3 inches of rain fell within 90 minutes. |
| July 2019 | Heavy Rain | Beulah | - | Two inches of rain fell within 90 minutes over topping the rain gauge. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Beulah | - | Driveways along North Creek Road were impacted with high, fast-flowing water, although the adjacent North Creek Road was not flooded. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Beulah | - | Hail was up to five inches deep in places. |
| June 2006 | Flash Flood | Beulah | - | Heavy rain totalling 1 to 4 inches over the Mason Gulch Burn Scar in a short period of time caused flooding of roadways in the Mason Gulch Burn Scar and close to Beulah. |
| July 2006 | Flash Flood | Beulah | - | Up to two inches of rain fell in a short time on already saturated ground on the Mason Gulch Burn Scar in northwest Pueblo and northeast Custer Counties...creating flash flooding conditions that produced fast flowing waters and debris two feet deep and 100 feet wide. |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Beulah | - | Heavy thunderstorm rains caused flash flooding on the Mason Gulch Burn Scar in western Pueblo County. |
| July 2021 | Heavy Rain | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Hail | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Hail | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Funnel Cloud | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| September 2013 | Flash Flood | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Hail | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Flash Flood | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Beulah | - | 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
1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Pueblo Mountain Park | 2.3 miles | 1994 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 05000215 in Record Group 79. |
| Pueblo County | All 69 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.