BlockFrom the record
One of 22 National Register listings published here for Grand County · listed in 2018 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Byers Peak Ranch
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.
The listing
- Address. 1102 St. Louis Creek Rd., Fraser, 80442
- When was it listed? March 2018
- Category. district
- Census division. Granby
- National Register reference number. 100002177 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
66 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Byers Peak Ranch between 1993 and 2020, burning about 16 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 were 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 | 32 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | East Grand County Fire Protection District #4 | N/A |
| 8 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | East Grand County Fire Protection District #4 | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | CLEAR CUT |
| 4 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | D3 |
| 3 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 19 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Northwest District, Craig | HURD CREEK |
| 26 August 2020 | Smoking | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | ZIPS DUMP |
| 26 August 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | East Grand County Fire Protection District #4 | UNKNOWN |
Mines and quarries near this property
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Byers Peak Ranch: 3 producers, 3 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Silver, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver | Copper, Beryllium, Mica | Producer | Beryl, Copper, Mica | |
| Unknown | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Unknown | Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this property
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fraser, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2020: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Fraser | $5,000 | The combination of heavy rain and spring runoff caused flash flooding along St. Louis Creek. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fraser | - | Intense thunderstorm winds downed trees near Idlewild. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fraser | - | Trees were knocked down. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fraser | - | Trees were blown down at Devils Thumb Trailhead and blocked vehicles. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Cozens Ranch House | 2.3 miles | 1988 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100002177 in Record Group 79. |
| Grand County | All 22 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.