Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
“Ashcroft is an extinct mining town located in Pitkin County, Colorado, United States. The silver mining camp was founded as Castle Forks City in the spring of 1880.”
Wikipedia article Ashcroft, Colorado, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 38 National Register listings published here for Pitkin County · listed in 1975 · category: Site.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Ashcroft, Colorado between 1995 and 2014, burning about 2 acres in total. 3 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | White River National Forest | CONUNDRUM |
| 10 August 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | White River National Forest | BOUNDARY |
| 19 July 2014 | Natural | under an acre | White River National Forest | RICHMOND RIDGE |
| 19 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | White River National Forest | LIMW CREEK |
| 2 June 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | White River National Forest | ASHCROFT |
| 23 May 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | White River National Forest | CASTLE CREEK |
| 19 May 2002 | Natural | under an acre | White River National Forest | LITTLE ANNIE |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Ashcroft, Colorado: 25 past producers, 6 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Iron, Silver, Zinc, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashcroft | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Columbia District | Silver, Lead, Zinc, Iron, Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, Antimony, Titanium, Metal, Manganese | Producer | 1880, 1881 | |
| Difficult Creek District | Gold, Copper, Silver, Manganese | Occurrence | 1892 | |
| Eclipse Mine | Silver, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Hope Mine | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | 1936 | |
| Hope Mine | Lead, Calcium, Gold, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Montezuma Mine | Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Gold | Past Producer | 1881, 1960 | |
| Pitkin Iron Mine | Iron, Silver, Titanium, Metal, Manganese, Copper | Producer | 1882, 1960 | |
| Porphyry Bell | Calcium, Feldspar | Past Producer | ||
| Puzzler Lode | Iron, Magnesite | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Aspen, the town this property stands in, in 12 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 4 lightning, 4 flash flood, 2 debris flow, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 death and 3 injuries. 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 1997 | Lightning | Aspen | 1 killed | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Lightning | Aspen | 2 hurt | A family of five from Idaho were all struck by lightning while hiking on the American Lake Trail, about 9.5 miles south of Aspen. A 15-year-old girl was revived after being administered CPR. A 17-year-old boy was burned on the soles of his feet. The other three family members did not receive any significant injuries. |
| July 2000 | Lightning | Aspen | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Debris Flow | Aspen | $5,000 | Debris of mud and rock fell across portions of the Rio Grande Trail outside of Aspen as a result of heavy rain from thunderstorms. |
| August 2021 | Debris Flow | Aspen | $5,000 | Pitkin County Sheriff reported the closure of Independence Pass along Colorado Highway 82 between mile markers 47 and 72 due to mudslides. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Aspen | $5,000 | Heavy rain caused water and debris to flow down a normally dry drainage running through the Maroon Creek Day Use Area provided by the USFS. The water and debris average depth was 5 feet with a width of 30 feet. The flash flood hit the Maroon Creek Road and a trailhead parking lot where it spread out about 100 feet wide, clogging culverts and burying the road and day-use area under 1 to 2 feet of debris. Improved trails were destroyed and tons of debris had to be removed from the road and day-use area. Additionally, hailstones up to 1/2 inch diameter accompanied the heavy rain. There were people camping nearby in tents when the event occurred. |
| July 2006 | Lightning | Aspen | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Heavy Rain | Aspen | - | Minor flooding and rockslides occurred on Highway 82 just east of Aspen. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aspen | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Flash Flood | Aspen | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Flash Flood | Aspen | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Flash Flood | Aspen | - | 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.
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 75000533 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Pitkin County | All 38 listed properties in this county. |
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