BlockBefore
Photograph of Hugo Municipal Pool
Photograph by Ammodramus, CC0 1.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Hugo Municipal Pool

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

From the record

“The Hugo Municipal Pool, in Hugo, Colorado, was built during 1936-38. It is located at the junction of US 287 and 6th Ave.”

Wikipedia article Hugo Municipal Pool, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 3 National Register listings published here for Lincoln County · listed in 2008 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Jct. of US 287 and 6th Ave., Hugo, 80821
  • When was it listed? July 2008
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. New Deal Resources on Colorado's Eastern Plains MPS
  • Census division. Hugo
  • National Register reference number. 08000692 - 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

2 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Hugo Municipal Pool in 2016, burning under an acre in total. None 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/undetermined2

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
13 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHugo Volunteer Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
13 June 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHugo Volunteer Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hugo Municipal Pool: 1 occurrence. None of them 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
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Lincoln County

Storms near this property

60 of 110 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hugo, the town this property stands in, in 110 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 68 hail, 32 thunderstorm wind, 7 tornado, 2 flash flood. 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
August 2025HailHugo-The report was from mPING.
August 2025HailHugo-The report was from mPING.
August 2025HailHugo-The report was from mPING.
August 2025HailHugo-The report was from mPING.
August 2025HailHugo-The report was from mPING.
August 2025HailHugo-The report was from mPING.
August 2025HailHugo-The report was from mPING.
April 2025HailHugo-Report via X (Twitter). The time was based on radar.
August 2025HailHugo-The report was from mPING.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindHugo-Mesonet station EW0539 in Hugo.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHugo-Mesonet station EW0539 Hugo.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindHugo-Hugo mesonet station EW0539 Hugo.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindHugo-From Wunderground weather station pws-kcohuog12.
July 2023HailHugo-In addition, peak wind gusts estimated to 70 mph.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindHugo-Strong microburst winds downed trees in Hugo. Some structural damage was also reported.
July 2023Tornado (EFU)Hugo-A tornado touched down briefly in open country. No damage was observed.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindHugo-The storm also produced nickel size hail.
May 2019Tornado (EF0)Hugo-A tornado touched down in an open field. No damage was reported.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindHugo-Straightline winds associated with a severe thunderstorm uprooted several trees and power poles. The downed electrical lines led to several fires and caused power outages in Hugo. Several fences were also blown down. Two motorists sustained minor injuries.
May 2014Tornado (EF0)Hugo-A tornado touched down briefly in an open field. No damage was reported.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindHugo-A severe thunderstorm produced strong winds which downed a power pole.
June 2012HailHugo-Large hail broke several windshields.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindHugo-A severe thunderstorm snapped a large tree limb, approximately one foot in diameter.
September 2006Flash FloodHugo-A thunderstorm produced torrential rainfall, 4.8 inches in 90 minutes, south of Hugo. A trained spotter reported a "river" approximately 30 feet wide and 6 inches deep, running through his yard.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindHugo-Two homes were damaged just northeast of Hugo. Strong thunderstorm winds snapped a cottonwood tree and damaged a windbreak. The homeowners also reported damage to their windows, roof and gutter systems as large hail, up to one inch in diameter, also accompanied the storm.
June 2001Tornado (F0)Hugo-A large tornado, between 1/2 mile and 1 mile wide, touched down briefly. No damage however was reported.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindHugo-Thunderstorm winds snapped several large tree limbs.
May 1999Tornado (F0)Hugo-Two small tornadoes touched down briefly, but did no damage.
May 1999Tornado (F1)Hugo-A small tornado touched down and damaged several trees.
July 1998Flash FloodHugo-Heavy rain caused a small creek in the town of Hugo to jump its banks. Several streets and buildings were flooded. A trained spotter measured 2.74 inches of rainfall in Hugo.
June 1997LightningHugo-Lightning struck a radio station tower. Some of the equipment was blown out, knocking the station off the air. The exact time of the incident was not known.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHugo-no account filed
August 2025Thunderstorm WindHugo-no account filed
August 2025Thunderstorm WindHugo-no account filed
August 2024Thunderstorm WindHugo-no account filed
August 2024Thunderstorm WindHugo-no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHugo-no account filed
August 2024Thunderstorm WindHugo-no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindHugo-no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindHugo-no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindHugo-no account filed
August 2023HailHugo-no account filed
June 2023HailHugo-no account filed
April 2021HailHugo-no account filed
April 2021HailHugo-no account filed
May 2021Thunderstorm WindHugo-no account filed
June 2021Thunderstorm WindHugo-no account filed
July 2020HailHugo-no account filed
August 2020HailHugo-no account filed
June 2018HailHugo-no account filed
June 2018HailHugo-no account filed
August 2018HailHugo-no account filed
July 2018Thunderstorm WindHugo-no account filed
August 2017HailHugo-no account filed
August 2017HailHugo-no account filed
August 2017HailHugo-no account filed
August 2017HailHugo-no account filed
August 2017HailHugo-no account filed
September 2014Thunderstorm WindHugo-no account filed
July 2014HailHugo-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lincoln 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 08000692 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Lincoln CountyAll 3 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.