BlockFrom the record
One of 22 National Register listings published here for Grand County · listed in 2016 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Smith-Eslick Cottage Court
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.
- Listed as. Smith--Eslick Cottage Court - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 729 Lake Ave., Grand Lake, 80447
- When was it listed? August 2016
- Category. building
- Census division. Granby
- National Register reference number. 16000491 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
70 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Smith-Eslick Cottage Court between 1992 and 2020, burning about 156 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Lake Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 20 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | SODA CREEK |
| 18 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Rocky Mountain National Park | ONAHU |
| 15 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | KAWUNEECHE |
| 15 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | SOUTH SUPPLY |
| 12 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Lake Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 9 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Rocky Mountain National Park | SUMMERLAND |
| 6 August 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | 123 |
Mines and quarries near this property
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Smith-Eslick Cottage Court: 3 occurrences, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Lake Wolverine | Lead, Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Stillwater Creek Placers | Gold | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel |
Storms near this property
2 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grand Lake, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports in 2021: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Grand Lake | $25,000 | Flash flooding along Tonahutu Creek forced the shut down of Grand Lake's hydro plant. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grand Lake | - | Strong microburst winds damaged several boats at Grand Lake. Two large pontoon boats were lifted out of the water, one landed upside down near a home. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Kauffman House | 0.3 miles | 1974 |
 | Grand Lake Lodge | 0.6 miles | 1993 |
 | Shadow Mountain Lookout | 1.4 miles | 1978 |
 | Shadow Mountain Trail | 1.7 miles | 2008 |
| Greenwood Lodge | 4.2 miles | 2010 | |
 | Tonahutu Creek Trail | 4.8 miles | 2008 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 16000491 in Record Group 79. |
| Grand County | All 22 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.