BlockFrom the record
One of 83 National Register listings published here for Jefferson County · listed in 1976 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Morrison Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
The listing
- Address. CO 8, Morrison, 80465
- When was it listed? September 1976
- Category. district
- National Register reference number. 76000561 - 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
371 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 371 fires within 5 miles of Morrison Historic District between 2003 and 2020, burning about 252 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 17 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 287 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Fireworks | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | INDIAN HILLS |
| 8 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | West Metro Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 7 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Golden Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 6 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | N/A |
| 5 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | West Metro Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | West Metro Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 83 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 83 workings within 5 miles of Morrison Historic District: 39 occurrences, 29 producers, 13 past producers, 1 unknown. 29 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackstone Claim | Uranium, Radium, Vanadium | Prospect | ||
| Foothills | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Four Corners Mine | Uranium, Vanadium, Molybdenum | Past Producer | 1954, 1955, 1960 | |
| Grapevine Mine | Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | 1955 | |
| Idledale District | Uranium, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1955, 1968 | |
| Iowa Gulch | Quartz, Feldspar, Mica, Gemstone, Garnet, Iron | Occurrence | Biotite, Garnet, Magnetite, Microcline, Muscovite, Plagioclase, Quartz, Tourmaline | |
| Iowa Gulch Pegmatite | Quartz | Producer | ||
| Malachite Mine | Gold, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Nickel, Lead | Past Producer | 1866, 1888 | |
| Mann Ranch | Radium, Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | 1954, 1955 | |
| Morrison Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this property
37 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Morrison, the town this property stands in, in 37 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 31 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 1 flood. The reports record 1 death. 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 2007 | Lightning | Morrison | 1 killed, $5,000 | no account filed |
| September 2013 | Flood | Morrison | $6,000,000 | Heavy rain, ranging from 6 to 16 inches through the storm event, caused widespread flooding and included the entire drainage systems of Bear, Coal, Clear, Leyden, Ralston and Van Bibber Creeks. In Arvada, Quaker St. near W. 82nd Ave. was closed due to flooding and infrastructure damage. Evacuations were ordered in the area of 68th Ave. and 82nd Ave., between McIntyre and Alkire Streets. Flooding washed out sections of W. 82nd Ave, east of CO93. Flooding was reported near the intersection of W. 92nd Ave. and Indiana St. A section of South Golden Road was washed out near Lena Gulch. Golden Gate Canyon was closed between CO93 and Robinson Hill. Many other roads in northern Jefferson County were inundated by floodwaters. Evacuations were also orders between Bear Lake Dam and Echo Lake Drive on Upper Bear Creek.||Preliminary damage estimates totaled more than $6 million. The most significant damage to roadways, homes and commercial buildings occurred in Evergreen, Coal Creek Canyon and Golden Gate Canyon. County officials said 14 residences were destroyed and 215 damaged. In addition, 27 commercial properties were damaged. Thirty-five minor structures were destroyed and 57 damaged. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Morrison | - | Mping public report. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrison | - | Strong winds snapped tree branches, three inches in diameter. |
| August 2010 | Lightning | Morrison | - | Lightning struck a tree in Morrison. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Morrison | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Morrison | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Morrison | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Morrison | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Morrison | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Morrison | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Morrison | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Morrison | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Morrison | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Morrison | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Morrison | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Morrison | - | no account filed |
| September 2021 | Hail | Morrison | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrison | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrison | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Morrison | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Morrison | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Morrison | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Morrison | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Morrison | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Morrison | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Morrison | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Morrison | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Morrison | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Morrison | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Morrison | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Morrison | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Morrison | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Morrison | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Morrison | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Morrison | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Morrison | - | 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Morrison Schoolhouse | 0.2 miles | 1974 |
 | Red Rocks Park District | 1.0 miles | 1990 |
 | Fort, The | 1.7 miles | 2006 |
 | Bear Creek Canyon Scenic Mountain Drive | 1.9 miles | 1990 |
 | Rooney Ranch | 2.2 miles | 1975 |
| Starbuck Park | 2.7 miles | 1995 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 76000561 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.