BlockFrom the record
One of 26 National Register listings published here for Park County · listed in 2024 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Victor Williams Homestead-Sprague Sand Creek Ranch
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2024.
The listing
- Address. 25700 Count Road 77, Lake George, 80456
- When was it listed? February 2024
- Category. district
- Census division. Fairplay
- National Register reference number. 100009925 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
57 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Victor Williams Homestead-Sprague Sand Creek Ranch between 1992 and 2020, burning about 48 acres in total. 35 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 35 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | BURNS |
| 19 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | UTE TRAIL |
| 11 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | TARRYALL |
| 4 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | FARNUM PEAK 2 |
| 20 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | DONE GONE |
| 18 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Lake George Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 16 August 2020 | Other causes | under an acre | Park County | WEBBER PARK |
| 14 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | ENGLISH |
Mines and quarries near this property
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Victor Williams Homestead-Sprague Sand Creek Ranch: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Beryllium, Tungsten, Tungsten, Molybdenum, Lead, Zinc, Tin, Copper, Iron, Arsenic. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A & C Prospect | Beryllium, Tungsten, Molybdenum, Lead, Zinc, Tin, Copper, Iron, Arsenic | Past Producer | 1955 | |
| Bearcat Mines | Uranium, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Lost Park Mine | Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Nix Group Prospect | Tungsten | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Unknown | Beryllium | Occurrence |
Storms near this property
12 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lake George, the town this property stands in, in 12 storm reports between 2006 and 2021: 6 hail, 4 tornado, 1 lightning, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Lake George | $30,000 | A waterspout transitioned to a landspout and caused damage to several recreational vehicles. Several peopled suffered minor injuries from flying debris. |
| May 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Lake George | - | A tornado briefly touched down near Eleven-mile Reservoir. No damage was observed. |
| September 2019 | Heavy Rain | Lake George | - | A combination of heavy rainfall, anywhere from 2 to 4 inches, and hail produced debris flows and that damaged county roads between Elevenmile Reservoir and Spinney Reservoir. County roads 59 and 333 were closed due to road damage. The hail accumulated up to 18 inches deep in spots. |
| July 2018 | Lightning | Lake George | - | A couple received minor injuries when lightning struck near their truck and they were preparing to leave the campsite. Both suffered minor burns. |
| June 2014 | Tornado (EF2) | Lake George | - | A tornado touched down and caused damage in an RV park. Several power lines were downed and a some damage reported along Park County Road 370. Some buildings in Lake George also sustained minor damage. Trees were snapped from their bases. The tornado continued its track into Teller County. |
| August 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Lake George | - | North of Eleven Mile State Park, the tornado destroyed to small sheds and a camper, while a steel framed barn suffered major damage. Two homes received minor damage including: broken windows, cracked siding, lost shingles and a collapsed deck awning. At another property northeast of Lake George, another camper was flipped and destroyed. Minor damage was also observed with signs knocked down along State Highway 24. Between Eleven Mile Reservoir and Lake George, there were numerous areas of significant tree damage. Large ponderosa pines, two feet in diameter, were uprooted and snapped off. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Lake George | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Lake George | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Lake George | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Lake George | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Lake George | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Lake George | - | no account filed |
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
2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Tarryall School | 4.3 miles | 1985 |
| Tarryall Rural Historic District | 4.3 miles | 2017 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100009925 in Record Group 79. |
| Park County | All 26 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.