BlockFrom the record
One of 83 National Register listings published here for Jefferson County · listed in 2009 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Brook Forest Inn
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 4 buildingss, 3 sitess, 1 object as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 8136 S. Brook Forest Rd., Evergreen, 80439
- When was it listed? July 2009
- Category. building
- Census division. Central Jefferson
- National Register reference number. 09000567 - 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
160 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 160 fires within 5 miles of Brook Forest Inn between 1995 and 2020, burning about 314 acres in total. 10 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 | 141 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | RANCH |
| 3 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Evergreen Fire/Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 23 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Evergreen Fire/Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 17 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Evergreen Fire/Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 17 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 15 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | N/A |
| 12 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | MAXWELL FALLS |
| 11 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Coal Creek Canyon Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
Mines and quarries near this property
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Brook Forest Inn: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Clay, Copper, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augusta Mine | Copper, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc, Lead, Gold, Cobalt | Past Producer | 1966 | |
| Evergreen Florite Deposit | Fluorine-Fluorite, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Idealite Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Tall Timber No 1 | Feldspar | Producer | ||
| Bull Hill Claim | Fluorine-Fluorite | Producer | Vein |
Storms near this property
34 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Evergreen, the town this property stands in, in 34 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 22 hail, 9 lightning, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2001 | Lightning | Evergreen | $1,000,000 | Lightning ignited a fire which destroyed a luxury home on Bear Mountain near Evergreen. |
| April 2003 | Lightning | Evergreen | $100,000 | Lightning struck a chimney at a residence in Hiwan, sending stones flying as far as 150 feet. Electrical equipment in some nearby homes also failed. Damage to the residence, in addition to electrical equipment, was estimated to be $100,000. |
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | Evergreen | $20,000 | Heavy rainfall, nearly two inches in one hour, flooded several residences. In addition, several bridges along Forest Estate Road were washed out. |
| June 2002 | Lightning | Evergreen | $5,000 | Lightning damaged the Evergreen Fire Protection District (EFPD) repeater. One microwave transmitter, the main fire channel transmitter and two solor panel controllers were ruined. |
| May 2011 | Lightning | Evergreen | $1,000 | Lightning struck a park ranger's office and destroyed a nearby gasoline storage tank. |
| August 2008 | Lightning | Evergreen | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Lightning | Evergreen | - | A lightning strike sparked a fire at a recreation center in Evergreen. The roof of the building was damaged. In addition, the small fire that was ignited also spread into some brush. The ensuing brush fire consumed about one quarter of an acre. |
| August 2002 | Lightning | Evergreen | - | Lightning struck a home causing extensive damage. |
| June 1999 | Lightning | Evergreen | - | Lightning sparked two small fires at separate residences near the Hiwan Country Club. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Evergreen | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Evergreen | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Evergreen | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Evergreen | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Evergreen | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Evergreen | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Evergreen | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Evergreen | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Evergreen | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Evergreen | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Evergreen | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Evergreen | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Evergreen | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Evergreen | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Evergreen | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Evergreen | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Evergreen | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Evergreen | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evergreen | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evergreen | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Evergreen | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Evergreen | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Evergreen | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Evergreen | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Lightning | Evergreen | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Staunton Ranch Rural Historic Landscape | 4.3 miles | 2012 |
| Dedisse Park | 4.5 miles | 1990 | |
 | Conifer Junction Schoolhouse | 4.9 miles | 2014 |
 | Hiwan Homestead | 5.2 miles | 1974 |
 | Evergreen Conference District | 5.4 miles | 1979 |
 | Everhardt Ranch | 5.8 miles | 1980 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 09000567 in Record Group 79. |
| Jefferson County | All 83 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.