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One of 92 National Register listings published here for Boulder County · listed in 1980 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
The listing
- Address. SW of Eldora, Eldora, 80482
- When was it listed? September 1980
- Category. district
- National Register reference number. 80000881 - 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
34 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway Historic District between 1994 and 2020, burning about 4 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | East Grand County Fire Protection District #4 | UNKNOWN |
| 9 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | JASPER LAKE |
| 8 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | East Grand County Fire Protection District #4 | N/A |
| 8 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | CLEAR CUT |
| 8 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | EAST PORTAL |
| 3 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | MARY JANE |
| 28 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | CRATER LAKES |
| 28 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | LOST LAKE |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 23 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway Historic District: 16 occurrences, 4 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Gold, Silver, Silver, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Lode | Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Gold Spring Group | Lead, Silver, Uranium, Zinc, Gold | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Unknown | Silver, Gold | Occurrence | Gold, Silver | |
| Blue Stone Mines Inc | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | ||
| Blue Stone Mines, Inc. | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Shirley | Uranium | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Unknown 2 | Uranium | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Lost Lake Lode | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Ma W | Gold, Silver | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway Historic District-Rollinsville & Middle Park Wagon Road (Boundary Increase) | under 500 feet | 1997 | |
| Buchan Cabin | 5.7 miles | 2020 | |
 | Eldora Historic District | 6.4 miles | 1989 |
 | Gold Miner Hotel | 6.5 miles | 1997 |
| Gold Miner Hotel (Boundary Increase) | 6.5 miles | 2007 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 80000881 in Record Group 79. |
| Boulder County | All 92 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.