Built in 1901. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2022.
“The McFadden Barn, near Buena Vista in Chaffee County, Colorado, is a bank barn built in 1900-01. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2022.”
Wikipedia article McFadden Barn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 46 National Register listings published here for Chaffee County · listed in 2022 · category: Building · built in 1901.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of McFadden Barn between 1992 and 2018, burning about 6 acres in total. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
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 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | FRENCHMAN CREEK |
| 27 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | FOURMILE |
| 24 August 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Sedgwick Volunteer Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 22 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Royal Gorge Field Office | NUMBERS |
| 14 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | DIRTY OLD MAN |
| 7 July 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | BUFFALO PEAKS |
| 4 July 2007 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | FRENCHMAN CREEK |
| 31 July 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of McFadden Barn: 11 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Silver, Gold, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josephine Mine | Gold, Cobalt | Producer | Gold | |
| Josephine Mine | Cobalt, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Mt. Harvard | Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Tamarack | Copper, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Tamarack | Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Wapaca | Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Clear Creek Placers | Gold | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Unidentified Gold Placer | Gold | Occurrence | Placer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Buena Vista, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 2002 and 2021: 7 flash flood, 2 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 2002 | Flash Flood | Buena Vista | 2 hurt, $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Lightning | Buena Vista | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Buena Vista | $20,000 | Flash flooding occurred, which brought 2 to 3 feet of standing water and mud in low lying residental areas of Buena Vista. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Buena Vista | - | Heavy rainfall washed out County road 371, from a small drainage which flows across the road. Two cars were stuck in the mud. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Buena Vista | - | County road 304 was washed out. |
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Buena Vista | - | A flash flood and mud flow on US Highway 285 near Johnson Village made the road impassible for a time. |
| August 2004 | Flash Flood | Buena Vista | - | The ongoing mudslides occurred on Cottonwood Pass road, causing a threat to motorists, campers, and nearby homeowners. |
| August 2004 | Flash Flood | Buena Vista | - | In total, five mudslides occurred on Cottonwood Pass Road (CR 306) about one mile west of the hot springs pool. The mud on the road ranged from two to 14 feet deep. Cottonwood Hot Springs and several residences needed to be evacuated as a precaution. |
| July 2004 | Lightning | Buena Vista | - | While no humans were affected, a pig was struck by lightning and killed. The pig was a prized swine, scheduled to be entered in the 4-H competition at the Chaffee County Fair. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buena Vista | - | no account filed |
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.
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.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| McFadden Brothers Ranch East Headquarters | 0.8 miles | 2023 | |
| Littlejohn Mine Complex | 5.3 miles | 1978 | |
 | Pine Hall | 6.2 miles | 2016 |
 | Commercial Hotel | 6.2 miles | 2015 |
| Behrman Ranch | 6.7 miles | 2012 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100007490 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Chaffee County | All 46 listed properties in this county. |
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