BlockFrom the record
One of 92 National Register listings published here for Boulder County · listed in 2023 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Rock Creek Farm Rural Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2023.
The listing
- Address. 2005 South 112th St., Broomfield, 80020
- When was it listed? April 2023
- Category. district
- Also known as. Agricultural Resources of Boulder County MPS; Eagle Township and Pike Township, Indiana MPS; Railroads in Colorado, 1858-1948 MPS; Railroads in Colorado, 1858-1948 MPS
- Census division. Lafayette-Louisville
- National Register reference number. 100007966 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
268 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 268 fires within 5 miles of Rock Creek Farm Rural Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,205 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 11 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 | 210 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Denver County | UNKNOWN |
| 6 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 4 September 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-Boulder District | not named |
| 3 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lafayette Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 3 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 29 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Louisville Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 29 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 26 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | North Metro Fire Rescue District | N/A |
Mines and quarries near this property
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Rock Creek Farm Rural Historic District: 4 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory), Gypsum-Anhydrite, Beryllium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beryl Ores Mill | Beryllium | Past Producer | ||
| Standard Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Baker | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Jenkins | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Parkdale | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | National Fuel Company Store | 2.3 miles | 1986 |
 | Lackner's Tavern | 2.6 miles | 1986 |
 | Stolmes House | 2.7 miles | 1986 |
 | Denver Elevator-Grain Elevator | 2.7 miles | 1986 |
 | Tego Brothers Drugstore-State National Bank of Louisville | 2.7 miles | 1986 |
 | Robinson House | 2.8 miles | 1986 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100007966 in Record Group 79. |
| Boulder County | All 92 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.