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One of 110 National Register listings published here for Larimer County · listed in 2011 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Peep O Day Park
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.
The listing
- Address. 5445 Wild Ln., Loveland, 80538
- When was it listed? August 2011
- Category. district
- Census division. Loveland
- National Register reference number. 11000520 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
275 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 275 fires within 5 miles of Peep O Day Park between 1994 and 2020, burning about 849 acres in total. 12 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 221 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | LOVELAND |
| 5 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Loveland Fire & Rescue Department | UNKNOWN |
| 5 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.7 acres | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | NARROWS |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | LOVELAND |
| 24 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Loveland Fire & Rescue Department | UNKNOWN |
| 23 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Loveland Fire & Rescue Department | UNKNOWN |
| 22 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Loveland Fire & Rescue Department | UNKNOWN |
| 21 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | SULZER |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 34 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Peep O Day Park: 13 producers, 11 past producers, 10 occurrences. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mineral Concentrates | Beryllium | Past Producer | ||
| Mountain State Mill | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Thompson Canyon Scheelite Occurrences | Tungsten | Occurrence | Scheelite | |
| Unknown | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Unknown | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Producer | ||
| Boyd Lake | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Loveland Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Mint Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
60 of 78 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Loveland, the town this property stands in, in 78 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 55 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 9 lightning, 3 flash flood. The reports record 4 deaths and 20 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 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loveland | 2 killed, 4 hurt | Strong thunderstorm winds occurred at Boyd Lake. Two women drowned when the boat they were in capsized. Four others that were in the boat had to be hospitalized, one was in intensive care. |
| May 2003 | Lightning | Loveland | 1 killed, 1 hurt | Lightning struck and killed one man, and injured another, while they were fishing along the shore of Boyd Lake. |
| August 2001 | Lightning | Loveland | 1 killed | A 43-year old man was killed by lightning as he stood under a tree. |
| July 2005 | Lightning | Loveland | 9 hurt | Lightning struck near a beach area at Boyd Lake. Nine people were injured, five were treated at the park and four other were hospitalized. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loveland | 2 hurt | High winds flipped an empty semi-truck on its side, smashing the cab into a guard rail. |
| July 1996 | Lightning | Loveland | 2 hurt | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loveland | 1 hurt, $500 | Thunderstorm winds gusting to 60 mph (52 knots) buffeted portions of Southeast Larimer County. Winds toppled a tent at an outdoor music concert in Loveland (12 miles south southeast of Fort Collins), injuring eight people and causing damage to musical instruments. A truck driver was injured on Interstate 25, five miles east of Loveland when his semi truck was overturned by gusty winds. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Loveland | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Lightning | Loveland | $100,000 | Lightning sparked a fire to a home in west Loveland, causing extensive damage to the roof, attic and garage. |
| May 2014 | Flash Flood | Loveland | $15,000 | Thunderstorms with locally heavy rain, produced flash flooding in west Loveland. One to two feet of standing water was observed over major intersections. Wilson Ave and 43rd St was closed, as well as Cascade Ave and US 34. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Loveland | $10,000 | Heavy rain produced flash flooding in Loveland. The Fountain of Loveland, a local wedding and event venue had its outdoor marriage area flooded due to heavy rain. The business owner observed the area fill up to 5 ft of water in less than 15 minutes. Minor flooding occurred at the Sam's Club along Eisenhower Blvd. |
| July 1994 | Hail | Loveland | $5,000 | Hail up to golf ball-size broke windows of several homes and vehicles in Loveland (12 miles south southeast of Fort Collins). |
| June 1997 | Lightning | Loveland | $4,000 | Lightning struck a home in Loveland sometime during the afternoon. A meter box was blown up setting the garage on fire. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loveland | $500 | Thunderstorm winds, estimated at 80 mph, overturned a trailer south of Loveland (12 miles south southeast of Fort Collins). |
| June 2005 | Flash Flood | Loveland | - | Heavy rain caused flash flooding in the vicinity of Loveland. Flooding was reported at the Exit 11/2 along Interstate 25. Floodwaters also inundated parts of State Highways 60 and 287. |
| July 2005 | Lightning | Loveland | - | Lightning caused a fire at an apartment complex in Loveland. The complex was destroyed, leaving 20 people homeless. |
| July 2004 | Heavy Rain | Loveland | - | Heavy rain and flooding problems in parts of Loveland. Several storm drains became inundated which caused street flooding of some low lying intersections. One intersection had accumulated up to 3 feet of standing water, stranding a family in a minivan. The Colorado State Patrol managed to tow the vehicle to higher ground. |
| May 1998 | Lightning | Loveland | - | Lightning damaged a utility pole in Big Thompson Canyon. As a result, 300 residents in Loveland were without electrical service for several hours. |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loveland | - | Strong thunderstorm winds caused minor damage to several homes under construction in the Emerald Glen subdivision in northwest Loveland. Two power lines were also downed, knocking out service to 900 residents for a short time. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loveland | - | Thunderstorm winds overturned a boat on Horsetooth Bay (6 miles west of Fort Collins). Two people were aboard, no one was injured. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Loveland | - | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Hail | Loveland | - | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Hail | Loveland | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Loveland | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Loveland | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Loveland | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Loveland | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Loveland | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Loveland | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Loveland | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Loveland | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Loveland | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Loveland | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Loveland | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Loveland | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Loveland | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Loveland | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Loveland | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Loveland | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Loveland | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Loveland | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Loveland | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Loveland | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Loveland | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Loveland | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Loveland | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Loveland | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Loveland | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Loveland | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Loveland | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Loveland | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Loveland | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Loveland | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Loveland | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loveland | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loveland | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Loveland | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Loveland | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Loveland | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Loveland | - | 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Big Thompson River Bridge IV | 1.3 miles | 2002 |
| Fawn Hollow Store | 1.9 miles | 2026 | |
 | Big Thompson River Bridge III | 2.0 miles | 2002 |
| Chasteen's Grove | 2.6 miles | 1978 | |
 | A.S. Benson House | 4.1 miles | 2004 |
 | Henry K. and Mary E. Shaffer House | 4.2 miles | 2007 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 11000520 in Record Group 79. |
| Larimer County | All 110 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.