John C. Shaffer Barn

Built in 1922. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019.

From the record

One of 83 National Register listings published here for Jefferson County · listed in 2019 · category: Building · built in 1922.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Listed as. Shaffer, John C., Barn - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 14422 W. Ken Caryl Ave., Littleton, 80127
When was it listed? July 2019
Category. building
Census division. South Jefferson
When was it built? 1922
National Register reference number. 100004188 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

317 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 317 fires within 5 miles of John C. Shaffer Barn between 2003 and 2020, burning about 488 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 18 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	250
Arson/incendiarism	18
Smoking	10
Natural	9
Fireworks	8
Recreation and ceremony	6
Debris and open burning	6
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2

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 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	West Metro Fire Rescue	UNKNOWN
5 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	West Metro Fire Rescue	UNKNOWN
4 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters	LITTLETON
4 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters	not named
3 September 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	West Metro Fire Rescue	UNKNOWN
3 September 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Littleton Fire Rescue	UNKNOWN
28 September 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	West Metro Fire Rescue	UNKNOWN
28 September 2011	Smoking	20 acres	Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge	INDIANA WF

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 46 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 46 workings within 5 miles of John C. Shaffer Barn: 22 occurrences, 15 producers, 8 past producers, 1 prospect. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Feldspar. 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
Bigger Mica Mine	Feldspar, Mica, Beryllium, Uranium, Bismuth, Niobium (Columbium), REE, Tin, Tantalum	Past Producer	1884, 1935
Bigger Mica Mine	Feldspar, Quartz, Beryllium	Past Producer
Blackstone Claim	Uranium, Radium, Vanadium	Prospect
Buckman Ranch Pegmatite	Iron, Beryllium, Gemstone, Quartz, Garnet, Mica, Feldspar	Occurrence	Beryl, Feldspar, Garnet, Magnetite, Mica, Quartz, Tourmaline
Deer Creek Mine	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Producer
Deer Creek South Pit Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Fenders-Magnotte Peg	Feldspar, Mica, Quartz, Garnet, Gemstone	Occurrence	Garnet, Muscovite, Plagioclase, Quartz, Tourmaline
Four Corners Mine	Uranium, Vanadium, Molybdenum	Past Producer	1954, 1955, 1960
Iowa Gulch	Quartz, Feldspar, Mica, Gemstone, Garnet, Iron	Occurrence	Biotite, Garnet, Magnetite, Microcline, Muscovite, Plagioclase, Quartz, Tourmaline
Iowa Gulch Pegmatite	Quartz	Producer

Every working 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
Bradford House II	1.4 miles	2001
Fort, The	3.6 miles	2006
Hildebrande Ranch	3.8 miles	1975
Peterson House	4.5 miles	1981
Morrison Schoolhouse	5.0 miles	1974
Morrison Historic District	5.2 miles	1976

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 100004188 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.