Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.
“The Georgetown Loop Railroad is a 3 ft narrow gauge United States heritage railroad located in the Rocky Mountains in Clear Creek County, adjacent to Interstate 70 in Colorado.”
Wikipedia article Georgetown Loop Railroad, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 24 National Register listings published here for Clear Creek County · listed in 1970 · category: Structure.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Georgetown Loop Railroad between 1994 and 2020, burning about 8 acres in total. 3 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 | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | WEST CHICAGO CREEK |
| 26 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 24 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Clear Creek County Office | CCX 884 |
| 23 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | THREE CHIEFS |
| 17 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 13 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | WEST CHICAGO CREEK |
| 10 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | EVANS |
| 1 September 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 257 workings within 5 miles of Georgetown Loop Railroad: 201 past producers, 25 producers, 24 occurrences, 6 unknowns. 25 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, Lead, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anglo Saxon Mine | Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Anglo-Saxon Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Bard Creek Mine | Zinc, Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | Lead, Silver | |
| Capitol Prize | Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc | Producer | ||
| Capitol Prize | Gold, Copper, Zinc, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Cascade Mine | Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | Galena, Pyrargyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite, Silver | |
| Colorado Central | Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Galena, Pyrite, Chalcopyrite | |
| Colorado Central Mine | Zinc, Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Polybasite, Proustite, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stephanite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Denver Granite and Marble | Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| East Butte | Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Georgetown, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports between 1999 and 2012: 1 heavy rain, 1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2003 | Lightning | Georgetown | 1 hurt | A teenage was injured when he was struck while camping at Herman Lake. The boy was knocked unconcious and suffered minor injuries. |
| July 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Georgetown | - | A tornado touched down briefly but did no damage. |
| July 1999 | Heavy Rain | Georgetown | - | Heavy rainfall, up to 3 inches in an hour, triggered a massive rock and mudslide along Interstate 70 near Bakerville. The slide area was approximately 200 feet wide and 20 feet deep. Several other smaller slides were also reported along the interstate. As a result, Interstate 70 was closed for nearly 25 hours in both directions until the debris could be cleared from the roadway. The 25-hr blockage of I-70 was one of the longest of the interstate's history in Colorado. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Georgetown | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Ore Processing Mill and Dam | under 500 feet | 1971 |
 | Lebanon and Everett Mine Tunnels | under 500 feet | 1971 |
 | Toll House | 0.6 miles | 1970 |
 | Silver Plume Depot | 0.7 miles | 1971 |
 | Hamill House | 0.8 miles | 1972 |
 | McClellan House | 0.9 miles | 1972 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 70000909 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Clear Creek County | All 24 listed properties in this county. |
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