Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.
“The Crow-Hightower House is a historic house located at 909 Maine Street in Eads, Colorado. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 20, 2013.”
Wikipedia article Crow-Hightower House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 7 National Register listings published here for Kiowa County · listed in 2013 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Crow-Hightower House between 2003 and 2017, burning about 409 acres in total. None 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 | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 7 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 6 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 31 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 4 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 25 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 23 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 21 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Crow-Hightower House: 4 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eads Ready Mix | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Eads Ready Mix | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eads, the town this property stands in, in 144 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 95 hail, 23 tornado, 14 thunderstorm wind, 6 funnel cloud. The reports record 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eads | 3 hurt, $10,000 | Three semi-trailers were blown over on US Highway between 1 and 3 miles north of Eads. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eads | $7,000 | Numerous powers poles knocked down. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eads | $1,000 | Slight roof damage to a house. |
| April 2010 | Tornado (EF1) | Eads | $1,000 | Tornado occurred over open country, but totally destroyed a small storage barn 10.3 miles southwest of Eads. Debris from the barn was carried as far as 1500 feet to the north-northeast. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Eads | - | Images Shared From Emergency Management Of Large Hail. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Eads | - | Hail measured to 1.5 inches occurred in south central Kiowa County. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Eads | - | A CoCoRaHS source reported hail of 1 inch in diameter. |
| May 2023 | Tornado (EFU) | Eads | - | Brief ground circulation beneath funnel cloud. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eads | - | Power poles snapped. |
| July 2022 | Heavy Rain | Eads | - | Heavy rainfall of 2.3 inches. |
| March 2021 | Heavy Rain | Eads | - | Heavy rain of 1.54 inches. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Eads | - | Eleven miles west northwest of Eads. 0.40 inches of water. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Eads | - | Public report of 1 inch hail. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Eads | - | Large hail reported by storm chaser south of Eads, CO. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Eads | - | Large hail reported by Kiowa County Emergency Manager in Eads, CO. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Eads | - | Large hail reported by storm chaser south of Eads, CO. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Eads | - | Large hail reported by trained SKYWARN spotter west of Eads, CO. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Eads | - | Large hail reported by storm chaser south of Eads, CO. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EFU) | Eads | - | Trained SKYWARN spotter reported a brief tornado, lasting about a minute, south of Eads, CO. No damage was reported from this tornado. An NWS damage survey was not conducted given the lack of damage indicators so a proper EF rating could not be concluded. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Eads | - | Ping pong ball size hail was reported. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eads | - | Four inch diameter tree limbs broken. |
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Eads | - | Th underpass at US Highway 287 and State Highway 96 was flooded with over 2 feet of water. County Road 40 was also flooded. |
| April 2016 | Tornado (EFU) | Eads | - | Storm chasers captured video of a tornado across open country. The tornado caused no damage from which the NWS could assign an EF-scale rating. |
| April 2016 | Tornado (EFU) | Eads | - | Storm chasers captured video of a tornado across open country. The tornado caused no damage from which the NWS could assign an EF-scale rating. |
| April 2016 | Tornado (EFU) | Eads | - | Storm chasers captured video of a tornado across open country. The tornado caused no damage from which the NWS could assign an EF-scale rating. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eads | - | Multiple trees downed. |
| May 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Eads | - | A tornado produced no known damage as it tracked across mostly open country. |
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | Eads | - | A nearly stationary strong storm produced over 5 inches of rain in and around Eads. Numerous roads and a viaduct were flooded. US Highway 287 was closed for a time. |
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | Eads | - | Strong storms with heavy rain caused flash flooding in the south central section of the county. Numerous roads were flooded with washouts reported. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eads | - | Gusty winds caused no known damage. |
| June 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Eads | - | A tornado occurred over open fields south of Eads causing no known damage. |
| June 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Eads | - | A large, slowly rotating tornado occurred over a field, and caused no known damage. |
| April 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Eads | - | Tornado occurred over open country and caused no damage. |
| April 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Eads | - | Tornado occurred over open country and caused no damage. |
| April 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Eads | - | Tornado occurred over open country and caused no damage. |
| April 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Eads | - | Tornado occurred over open country with no damage. |
| April 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Eads | - | Tornado occurred over open country and caused no damage. |
| April 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Eads | - | Tornado occurred over open country and caused no damage. |
| July 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Eads | - | A tornado occurred over open country...causing no damage. |
| July 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Eads | - | A funnel cloud stay well above ground. |
| April 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Eads | - | Tornado occurred over open country and caused no damage. |
| July 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Eads | - | A very weak, short-lived funnel cloud quickly dissipated. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Eads | - | A brief tornado over open country caused no known damage or injures. |
| August 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Eads | - | A small, weak, short-lived tornado caused no known damage. |
| May 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Eads | - | A brief touchdown occurred with no known damage. |
| July 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Eads | - | A long lasting supercell moved south across Kiowa, Bent, Prowers, and Baca counties over a three and a half hour time frame. The main damage was caused by high winds and large hail. The majority of the damage was around the mesocyclone, which tracked across central Kiowa, eastern Bent, and western Baca counties. From time to time, the mesocyclone produced brief tornadoes. Tornado paths were not found during a damage survey, owing to the lack of trees, crops, fence line, and roads. Photographic evidence and eyewitness accounts of the tornadoes was helpful in estimating the path lengths and size of the tornadoes. The first reported tornado was short-lived and over open country of north-central Kiowa county and caused no known damage. |
| July 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Eads | - | The supercell cycled another tornado. The nearly continuous path was over open country. Because of the lack of trees, crops, fence line, and roads, the exact path of the tornado was difficult to determine, and no damage was discovered. |
| October 1997 | Hail | Eads | - | A thunderstorm , embedded in a long line of storms, became severe and dropped some large hail over a small area. There was no known property or crop damage. |
| June 1995 | Hail | Eads | - | Brief tornado in open country caused no known damage. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Eads | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Hail | Eads | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Hail | Eads | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Eads | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Eads | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Eads | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Eads | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Eads | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Eads | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Eads | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Eads | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Eads School Gymnasium | under 500 feet | 2013 |
 | American Legion Hall | 0.4 miles | 2007 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 13000605 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Kiowa County | All 7 listed properties in this county. |
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