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One of 25 National Register listings published here for Fremont County · listed in 2013 · category: Site.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Greenwood Cemetery
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.
The listing
- Address. 1251 S. 1st St., Canon City, 81212
- When was it listed? September 2013
- Category. site
- Census division. Cañon City
- National Register reference number. 13000661 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
714 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 714 fires within 5 miles of Greenwood Cemetery between 1992 and 2020, burning about 705 acres in total. 50 started naturally. 3 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 | 587 |
| Natural | 50 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 28 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 7 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Canon City Area Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 7 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Canon City Area Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 7 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Canon City Area Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 5 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Canon City Area Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 5 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Canon City Area Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 3 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 3 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Canon City Area Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 57 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 57 workings within 5 miles of Greenwood Cemetery: 21 past producers, 18 producers, 11 occurrences, 5 prospects. 19 still produce. What was taken out: Feldspar, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Uranium, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Border Feldspar | Feldspar, Silica, Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Border Feldspar Prospect | Feldspar, Quartz, Mica, Bismuth, Beryllium | Past Producer | Beryl, Bismutite, Feldspar, Microcline, Muscovite, Quartz | |
| Colonna | Marble, Dimension | Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Copper King Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | 1901, 1908 | |
| Cotter Mill (facility) | Uranium, Molybdenum | Past Producer | ||
| Dawson Gold Project | Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Dawson Mountain-Surprise Group | Copper, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | 1902 | |
| Devils Hole Quarry | Beryllium, Mica, Feldspar | Producer | ||
| Eight Mile Park District | Feldspar, Mica, Quartz, Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Bismuth | Past Producer | Feldspar, Muscovite, Quartz, Beryl | |
| Horse Shoe & El Ploma | Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Robison Mansion | 0.4 miles | 1984 |
 | Canon City State Armory | 0.6 miles | 1999 |
 | Deputy Warden's House | 0.6 miles | 2001 |
 | Colorado Women's Prison | 0.7 miles | 1999 |
 | McClure House | 0.8 miles | 1979 |
 | US Post Office and Federal Building-Canon City Main | 0.9 miles | 1986 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 13000661 in Record Group 79. |
| Fremont County | All 25 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.