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One of 3 National Register listings published here for Sedgwick County · listed in 2025 · category: Site.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Gibello's Caves
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2025.
The listing
- Address. 20000 Co Rd 28, Julesburg, 80737
- When was it listed? June 2025
- Category. site
- Census division. South Sedgwick
- National Register reference number. 100011624 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
19 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Gibello's Caves between 2008 and 2017, burning about 1,434 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| 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 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,300 acres | Sedgwick County | MILE MARKER 173 |
| 31 July 2015 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Julesburg Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 24 July 2013 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 23 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | JULESBURG |
| 19 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | JULESBURG |
| 14 July 2015 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Julesburg Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 24 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | JULESBURG |
| 22 June 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Julesburg Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Gibello's Caves: 6 unknowns, 5 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory), Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gemstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gemstone | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Unknown | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
60 of 122 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Julesburg, the town this property stands in, in 122 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 78 hail, 29 thunderstorm wind, 10 tornado, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Julesburg | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Julesburg | $100,000 | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Julesburg | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Julesburg | - | The report east from mesonet station CO034 I-76 Julesburg. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Julesburg | - | The report was from mping. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Julesburg | - | Mesonet station CO034, I-76 Julesburg. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Julesburg | - | Also observed quarter size hail. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Julesburg | - | Measured at a CDOT sensor on I-76 near Julesburg. |
| July 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Julesburg | - | A tornado touched down briefly in an open field. No damage was reported. |
| July 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Julesburg | - | A weak tornado touched down briefly. No damage was observed. |
| July 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Julesburg | - | A tornado touched down briefly near the intersection of CO 12 and CO 53. No damage was reported. |
| July 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Julesburg | - | A tornado touched down briefly near the intersection of CO 18 and U.S. Highway 385. No damage was observed. |
| July 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Julesburg | - | A tornado touched down briefly and damaged an unoccupied building near the intersection of CO 16 AND CO 55. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Julesburg | - | Intense winds snapped tree limbs up to 2 inches in diameter. |
| September 2019 | Hail | Julesburg | - | Several windows at a home were broken. |
| June 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Julesburg | - | A weak tornado touched down briefly in an open field. No damage was observed. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Julesburg | - | Intense thunderstorm winds blew down power poles in and around Julesburg, knocking out the power. Crop damage was also reported west of Julesburg. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Julesburg | - | Baseball size hail shattered a windshield. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Julesburg | - | Intense thunderstorm winds blew down power lines. In addition, a trailer was blown on its side near I-76 and the stateline. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Julesburg | - | Strong winds and large hail caused extensive damage to an assisted living facility. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Julesburg | - | The large hail broke the windows on one side of the house. |
| June 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Julesburg | - | A tornado touched down briefly but did no damage. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Julesburg | - | Very strong winds were also observed. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Julesburg | - | Intense thunderstorms winds snapped a tree in two, causing the top of the tree to fall on to the backside of a home. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Julesburg | - | Intense straightline winds knocked down a 50-foot tree. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Julesburg | - | A gift shop in Julesburg sustained damaged when debris shattered a large window. |
| March 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Julesburg | - | A small tornado touched down but did no damage. |
| April 2006 | Lightning | Julesburg | - | Lightning struck a tree adjacent to Saint Anthony's Catholic Church. The blast split the tree and broke several windows of the nearby church. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Julesburg | - | Strong thunderstorm winds reportedly downed some power poles just north of Julesburg. In addition, a tree was uprooted and a storage shed destroyed south and west of the town. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Julesburg | - | Damaging thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines across Sedgwick and Phillips Counties. Several sheds were also sustained extensive damage. |
| August 2002 | Flash Flood | Julesburg | - | Severe thunderstorms also produced flash flooding along County Road 55, southeast of Julesburg, as up to 4 inches of rain reportedly fell. Several county roads were washed out, resulting in temporary closures. |
| June 1995 | Hail | Julesburg | - | Hail stones ranging in size from golf ball-size to larger than baseball-size pelted an area near Julesburg. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Julesburg | - | Thunderstorm winds of unknown intensity downed a few power poles and a few small trees in the vicinity of Julesburg. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Julesburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Julesburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Julesburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Julesburg | - | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Julesburg | - | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Julesburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Julesburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Julesburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Julesburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Julesburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Julesburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Julesburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Julesburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Julesburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Julesburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Julesburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Julesburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Julesburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Julesburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Julesburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Julesburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Julesburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Julesburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Julesburg | - | no account filed |
| September 2016 | Hail | Julesburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Julesburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Julesburg | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Union Pacific Railroad Julesburg Depot | 1.9 miles | 2004 |
 | Sedgwick County Courthouse | 2.1 miles | 2007 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100011624 in Record Group 79. |
| Sedgwick County | All 3 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.