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One of 18 National Register listings published here for Adams County · listed in 2016 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Colorado Sanitary Canning Factory
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 224 N. Main St., Brighton, 80601
- When was it listed? March 2016
- Category. building
- Census division. Brighton
- National Register reference number. 16000073 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
547 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 547 fires within 5 miles of Colorado Sanitary Canning Factory between 2010 and 2020, burning about 509 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 12 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 | 429 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Smoking | 22 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Fireworks | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
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 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Greater Brighton Fire Protection District | N/A |
| 8 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Greater Brighton Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | BRIGHTON |
| 6 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Greater Brighton Fire Protection District | N/A |
| 6 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | N/A |
| 6 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Greater Brighton Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 6 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 5 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Greater Brighton Fire Protection District | N/A |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 26 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Colorado Sanitary Canning Factory: 9 occurrences, 8 producers, 6 unknowns, 3 past producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Producer | ||
| Adams Aggregate Inc Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Adams Aggregate Inc Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this property
60 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brighton, the town this property stands in, in 60 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 36 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 9 tornado, 4 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2011 | Lightning | Brighton | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Lightning | Brighton | $20,000 | no account filed |
| September 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brighton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brighton | - | Numerous trees in town were damaged. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brighton | - | Intense winds snapped tree limbs up to 6 inches in diameter. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brighton | - | Intense winds downed a fence and snapped tree branches up to 3 inches in diameter. |
| September 2013 | Flash Flood | Brighton | - | Continuous heavy rainfall produced flash flooding. Floodwaters were reportedly breaking through basement windows west of Brighton. |
| July 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Brighton | - | A tornado touched down briefly but did no damage. |
| October 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Brighton | - | A small tornado touched down but did no damage. |
| October 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Brighton | - | A small tornado touched down and caused extensive damage to a recreational vehicle. A barn was also severely damaged. The roof of the barn was thrown 100 feet while the remaining structure was torn from its foundation. Four llamas in the barn were injured when it collapsed. |
| October 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Brighton | - | A small tornado touched down but did no damage. |
| October 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Brighton | - | A small tornado touched down but did no damage. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Brighton | - | A tornado touched down briefly but did no damage. |
| June 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Brighton | - | A small tornado touched down but did no damage. |
| June 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Brighton | - | A small tornado touched down but did no damage. |
| July 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Brighton | - | A small tornado touched down briefly but did no damage. |
| June 1999 | Lightning | Brighton | - | Lightning sparked an oil tank fire near Brighton. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brighton | - | Dry microburst winds estimated to 70 mph (61 kts) snapped branches 4 inches in diameter. In addition, some road signs in Brighton were twisted and blown down. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brighton | - | Damaging thunderstorm winds associated with a wet microburst ripped the roof off a barn, causing the east side of the structure to collapse. The roof of a nearby utility shed was also ripped off and blown 60 feet away. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Brighton | - | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Hail | Brighton | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Hail | Brighton | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Hail | Brighton | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Brighton | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brighton | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brighton | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Brighton | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Brighton | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Brighton | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Brighton | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Brighton | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Brighton | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Brighton | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Brighton | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Brighton | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Brighton | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Brighton | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Brighton | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Brighton | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Brighton | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Brighton | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Brighton | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Brighton | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Brighton | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Brighton | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Brighton | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Brighton | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Brighton | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Brighton | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Brighton | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Brighton | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Lightning | Brighton | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Brighton | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brighton | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brighton | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Brighton | - | no account filed |
| August 1994 | Hail | Brighton | - | no account filed |
| September 1993 | Hail | Brighton | - | no account filed |
| September 1993 | Hail | Brighton | - | no account filed |
| September 1993 | Hail | Brighton | - | 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
3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Adams County Courthouse | 0.3 miles | 2006 |
| Brighton High School | 0.5 miles | 1998 | |
 | Bromley Farm-Koizuma Hishinuma Farm | 1.6 miles | 2007 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 16000073 in Record Group 79. |
| Adams County | All 18 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.