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One of 83 National Register listings published here for Jefferson County · listed in 1973 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
La Hacienda
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
The listing
- Address. On SR off U.S. 285, Buffalo Creek, 80425
- When was it listed? July 1973
- Category. building
- Census division. South Jefferson
- National Register reference number. 73000477 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
255 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 255 fires within 5 miles of La Hacienda between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,864 acres in total. 127 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 127 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 91 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | North Fork Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 7 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | SANDY |
| 5 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | 538 |
| 5 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | North Fork Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 4 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | LONG SCRAGGY |
| 4 September 1994 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | not named |
| 3 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | North Fork Fire Protection District | N/A |
| 3 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | SHOOTER 2 |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 62 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 62 workings within 5 miles of La Hacienda: 24 producers, 19 past producers, 11 occurrences, 8 unknowns. 24 still produce. What was taken out: Feldspar, Quartz, Fluorine-Fluorite, Feldspar, Quartz. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Big Bear No. 2 Mine | Feldspar, REE | Past Producer | Microcline | |
| Big Bertha Mine | Quartz, Feldspar, Thorium, REE | Past Producer | 1947, 1953 | |
| Buffalo Mine | Lead, Gold, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1895, 1898 | |
| Butte #1 | Feldspar, Quartz, Fluorine-Fluorite | Producer | Fluorite, Quartz | |
| Catherine #1 Claim | Mica, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gemstone, Feldspar, Quartz | Occurrence | Fluorite, Mica, Quartz, Topaz | |
| Cooper Quarry | Quartz, Feldspar, Uranium, Thorium, REE | Past Producer | 1968 | |
| Dazie Bell Mine | Quartz, Fluorine-Fluorite, REE, Manganese | Past Producer | 1965 | |
| Delbert Claims #1 & 2 | Feldspar, Quartz, Mica, Fluorine-Fluorite | Producer | Feldspar, Fluorite, Mica, Quartz | |
| Judy Ann Mine | Quartz, Mica, Feldspar, Fluorine-Fluorite, REE | Occurrence | Fluorite, Gadolinite, Muscovite, Quartz |
Storms near this property
10 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Buffalo Creek, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 5 hail, 4 flash flood, 1 lightning. The reports record 2 deaths. 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 1996 | Flash Flood | Buffalo Creek | 2 killed, $520,000 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Flash Flood | Buffalo Creek | $10,000 | Heavy rain produced multiple mudslides on and near Highway 126. The roadway was closed until the debris could be cleared. |
| July 1998 | Flash Flood | Buffalo Creek | - | Heavy rain, up to 3 inches in an hour, caused a flash flood along Buffalo Creek, Portions of County Road 126, just south of the town of Buffalo Creek, were washed out. The floodwaters near washed away the bridge as mud and debris slammed into the structure. It was almost 2 years to the day that a deadly flash flood rushed through the small town killing 2 residents. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Buffalo Creek | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Buffalo Creek | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Buffalo Creek | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Buffalo Creek | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Buffalo Creek | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Lightning | Buffalo Creek | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Flash Flood | Buffalo Creek | - | 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
5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Green Mercantile Store | 0.3 miles | 1974 |
 | Blue Jay Inn | 0.4 miles | 1974 |
 | North Fork Historic District | 1.6 miles | 1974 |
 | North Fork Historic District (Boundary Increase) | 3.0 miles | 2008 |
 | Green Mountain Ranch | 6.8 miles | 1974 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 73000477 in Record Group 79. |
| Jefferson County | All 83 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.