BlockFrom the record
One of 13 National Register listings published here for Moffat County · listed in 1978 · category: Site.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Two-Bar Ranch
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 10 buildingss, 1 site as contributing to the listing.
- Address. W of Maybell off CO 318, Maybell, 81640
- When was it listed? February 1978
- Category. site
- Census division. Maybell-Powder Wash
- National Register reference number. 78000873 - 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
90 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Two-Bar Ranch between 1992 and 2020, burning about 15,773 acres in total. 83 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 | 83 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 24 acres | Northwest District, Craig | LODORE |
| 24 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | GRIMES |
| 23 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | ELK KNOB |
| 23 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Browns Park National Wildlife Refuge | JOYS BURN |
| 19 September 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Little Snake Field Office | CONWAY |
| 12 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | HOY |
| 1 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | GOODMAN |
| 8 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | WARREN |
Mines and quarries near this property
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Two-Bar Ranch: 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airborne Anomaly 56-10 | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Airborne Anomaly 56-11 | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Airborne Anomaly 56-9 | Uranium | Unknown |
Storms near this property
12 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maybell, the town this property stands in, in 12 storm reports between 1997 and 2014: 4 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 wildfire. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2007 | Hail | Maybell | $5,000 | Hail from 3/4 inch to 1 inch diameter occurred. The hail broke windows on some homes. The hail came down with such force in one area that it punched holes in a 5 gallon plastic bucket. |
| May 2008 | Flood | Maybell | $1,000 | The Yampa River at Deerlodge Park exceeded flood stage. The river also exceeded bankfull in the Maybell vicinity and caused flooding of a yard near the river. |
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | Maybell | - | Highway 318 was closed for several hours due to a large amount of debris that was deposited on the roadway from flash flood waters. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Maybell | - | Hail up to one inch in diameter fell in the town of Maybell. Gardens were damaged. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Maybell | - | Nickel-size hail pummeled the town of Maybell. Gardens that were struck by hail earlier in the day were ravaged even further. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maybell | - | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Funnel Cloud | Maybell | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Wildfire | Maybell | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maybell | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Wildfire | Maybell | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Maybell | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Maybell | - | 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
2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Old Ladore School | 0.5 miles | 1975 |
 | Upper Wade and Curtis Cabin | 4.2 miles | 1986 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 78000873 in Record Group 79. |
| Moffat County | All 13 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.