Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
“The La Jara Depot, at Broadway and Main Sts. in La Jara, Colorado, was built in 1911. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.”
Wikipedia article La Jara Depot, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 13 National Register listings published here for Conejos County · listed in 1975 · category: Building.
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 40 fires within 5 miles of La Jara Depot between 1993 and 2018, burning about 118 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | La Jara Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 15 June 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Conejos County Office | not named |
| 10 June 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Carmel Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 10 June 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Carmel Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 8 May 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 7 May 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Conejos County Office | not named |
| 7 May 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Conejos County Office | not named |
| 28 May 2010 | 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 3 workings within 5 miles of La Jara Depot: 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names La Jara, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 2006 and 2010: 2 hail. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McIntire Ranch | 7.9 miles | 2008 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 75000503 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Conejos County | All 13 listed properties in this county. |
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