Rockland Community Church and Cemetery

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

From the record

“Rockland Community Church and Cemetery is a historic church building at 24225 Rockland Road in Golden, Colorado.”
Wikipedia article Rockland Community Church and Cemetery, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 83 National Register listings published here for Jefferson County · listed in 2009 · 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 2 buildingss, 1 site as contributing to the listing.
Address. 24225 Rockland Rd., Golden, 80401
When was it listed? August 2009
Category. building
Census division. Golden
National Register reference number. 09000584 - 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

269 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 269 fires within 5 miles of Rockland Community Church and Cemetery between 2003 and 2020, burning about 1,727 acres in total. 11 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	216
Smoking	16
Equipment and vehicle use	11
Natural	11
Recreation and ceremony	5
Fireworks	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Arson/incendiarism	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
9 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	West Metro Fire Rescue	UNKNOWN
8 September 2019	Natural	under an acre	Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters	not named
7 September 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Golden Fire Department	UNKNOWN
6 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters	GOLDEN
5 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters	not named
5 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	West Metro Fire Rescue	UNKNOWN
4 September 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Golden Fire Department	UNKNOWN
30 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters	not named

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 122 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 122 workings within 5 miles of Rockland Community Church and Cemetery: 57 producers, 36 occurrences, 23 past producers, 3 unknowns. 57 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), Uranium, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Alumet Pilot Plant	Aluminum	Unknown
Ascension Mine	Uranium, Copper, Lead	Producer	1955, 1956, 1972
Bear Creek	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Producer
Buckman Property	Uranium, Copper, Lead, Molybdenum, Zinc, Silver	Occurrence	Vein
Burroughs Feldspar Mine	Feldspar, Beryllium, Mica, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Bismuth, REE, Uranium, Thorium, Lithium	Past Producer	1942, 1944
Capitol Central	Lead, Gold, Silver, Zinc	Unknown
Foothills	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Fred Pierce Ranch	Feldspar, Gemstone, Mica, Quartz	Producer	Biotite, Feldspar, Quartz, Tourmaline
G.H. Buckman Ranch	Quartz, Gemstone, Feldspar, Mica	Producer	Feldspar, Muscovite, Quartz, Tourmaline
Malachite Mine	Gold, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Nickel, Lead	Past Producer	1866, 1888

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this property

60 of 70 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Golden, the town this property stands in, in 70 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 53 hail, 7 flash flood, 6 lightning, 4 thunderstorm wind. 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 2007	Lightning	Golden	$200,000	no account filed
September 2013	Flash Flood	Golden	-	Coal Creek went over its banks and washed out portions of CO72 at Twin Spruce. The highway was completely washed out between Plainview and Twin Spruce. Additional washouts occurred on side streets within Coal Creek Canyon. Many residents were ordered to remain in their homes (Shelter In Place) until rescue teams could reach them.
September 2013	Flash Flood	Golden	-	Flash flooding and debris was reportedly washed out a sections of CO72 at the base of Coal Creek Canyon. Road closures included: CO72 , from CO93 to Coal Creek Canyon; CO93, between CO72 and CO128; CO72, between CO93 and Indiana St.; U.S. 36, between Wadsworth Blvd and Flatirons; Interstate 70 west, from Floyd Hill to Hidden Valley due to rock slides. Natural Gas Lines in Coal Creek Canyon were also shut off.
September 2013	Flash Flood	Golden	-	Continuous heavy rainfall produced flash flooding. Additional road washouts occurred on side streets within Coal Creek Canyon. CO72 was completely washed out between Plainview and Twin Spruce.
September 2013	Flash Flood	Golden	-	Continuous moderate to heavy rainfall produced flash flooding.
September 2013	Flash Flood	Golden	-	Continuous heavy rainfall produced widespread flash flooding.
August 2010	Lightning	Golden	-	A lightning strike sparked a small grass fire near Quaker Street and Golden Road. It was quickly extinguished by emergency responders.
July 2003	Flash Flood	Golden	-	Heavy rainfall caused flooding and flash flooding problems in north central Jefferson County. Officials were forced to briefly close State Highway 93, north of Golden, which was flooded by runoff and littered with debris. In Golden, flash floods left several backyards and basements full of standing water. At least one car was submerged in a garage. Radar estimated 1 to 1.5 inches of rain had fallen in the area in approximately 30 minutes.
August 2001	Lightning	Golden	-	Lightning coupled with strong thunderstorm winds knocked out power to approximately 10,000 Excel Energy customers.
July 2000	Lightning	Golden	-	Lightning sparked a grassfire that burned approximately 50 acres at the Rocky Flats Environmental Test Facility.
August 2000	Lightning	Golden	-	Lightning sparked three small grassfires near Golden. The fires however, were quickly contained.
July 1997	Flash Flood	Golden	-	Heavy rain caused Lena Gulch to surge 2 feet over its banks. The fire department had to rescue a man when his van stalled in the highwaters.
April 1994	Hail	Golden	-	Weather spotters reported dime-size hail fell at the intersection of Highways 287 and C470 in Jefferson County. Marble-size hail covered the ground near Golden (12 miles west of Denver), to a depth of one inch.
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Golden	-	no account filed
August 2021	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
August 2021	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
August 2020	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
August 2020	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
July 2019	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
May 2017	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
May 2017	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
May 2017	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
July 2016	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
May 2015	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
June 2015	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
July 2014	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
July 2014	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
August 2014	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
March 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Golden	-	no account filed
August 2011	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
June 2010	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
July 2010	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
July 2009	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
September 2009	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
September 2009	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
September 2009	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
May 2008	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
May 2007	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
July 2007	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
July 2007	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
May 2007	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
May 2007	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
July 2007	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
April 2006	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
April 2005	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
March 2005	Lightning	Golden	-	no account filed
April 2005	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
April 2005	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
April 2005	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Golden	-	no account filed
June 2004	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
June 2004	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
June 2004	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
June 2004	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
June 2004	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
June 2003	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
August 2002	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
August 2002	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
August 2002	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed
August 2002	Hail	Golden	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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

6 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Deaton Sculptured House	0.7 miles	2004
Katherine Craig Park	0.8 miles	1995
Thiede Ranch	1.5 miles	1996
Lorraine Lodge	1.7 miles	1984
Colorow Point Park	2.0 miles	1990
Genesee Park	2.1 miles	1990

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 09000584 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
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.