BlockFrom the record
One of 36 National Register listings published here for Weld County · listed in 2006 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Aaron James Eaton House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Eaton, Aaron James, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 207 Elm St., Eaton, 80615
- When was it listed? April 2006
- Category. building
- Census division. Greeley
- Architectural style. Queen Anne style architecture in the United States
- National Register reference number. 06000281 - 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
148 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 148 fires within 5 miles of Aaron James Eaton House between 2008 and 2020, burning about 300 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 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 | 106 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | EATON |
| 26 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Eaton Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 4 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ault-Pierce Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 23 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Eaton Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 21 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Eaton Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 21 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ault-Pierce Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 10 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | EATON |
| 9 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | N/A |
Mines and quarries near this property
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Aaron James Eaton House: 2 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Western Sugar Co | Iron | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel |
Storms near this property
36 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eaton, the town this property stands in, in 36 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 28 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 2 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2004 | Hail | Eaton | $2,000,000 | Large hail broke car windows, damaged roofs and stripped trees and at least 3,000 acres of crops. At Eaton's high school, middle school and two elementary schools, at least 60 skylights were shattered by hail. Water flooded the hallways and classrooms. Damage to the schools alone was estimated at $2 million. |
| July 1994 | Hail | Eaton | $500,000 | Hail up to two inches in diameter caused considerable damage to buildings and vehicles as well as crops over portions of Weld and Larimer Counties. |
| July 1994 | Hail | Eaton | $500,000 | Hail up to tennis ball-size caused considerable damage to homes and businesses as well as vehicles in Eaton (20 miles east southeast of Fort Collins). |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eaton | $20,000 | Intense winds associated with a microburst downed power lines. |
| May 2014 | Flash Flood | Eaton | $15,000 | Flash flooding produced numerous roads closures in the Eaton, Greeley and Kersey areas. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Eaton | - | Report from mping. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Eaton | - | Report from mping. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Eaton | - | Report from mping. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Eaton | - | Report from mping. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Eaton | - | Large hail shattered car windows. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Eaton | - | Large tree branches, up to 2.5 inches in diameter, were snapped. |
| June 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Eaton | - | A small tornado touched down, but did no damage. |
| May 1997 | Hail | Eaton | - | Large hail caused $2.0 million in damage to several car dealerships in Greeley. Spotty crop damage was reported near Eaton, extending along the east side of Greeley to just east of Kersey. Three hundred acres of beets were destroyed. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Eaton | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Eaton | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Eaton | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Eaton | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Eaton | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Eaton | - | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Hail | Eaton | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Eaton | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Eaton | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Eaton | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Eaton | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Eaton | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Eaton | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eaton | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Eaton | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Eaton | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Eaton | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eaton | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Eaton | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Eaton | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Lightning | Eaton | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Lightning | Eaton | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Eaton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Amanda K. Alger Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church | 0.1 miles | 2006 |
 | Milne Farm | 3.2 miles | 1993 |
 | Joseph A. Woodbury House | 7.1 miles | 1984 |
| Greeley High School and Grade School | 7.1 miles | 1981 | |
 | Greeley Masonic Temple | 7.2 miles | 2004 |
 | Greeley Tribune Building | 7.2 miles | 2007 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 06000281 in Record Group 79. |
| Weld County | All 36 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.