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Evans-Elbert Ranch

Built in 1908. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

From the record

“Evans-Elbert Ranch, also called the Elbert-Austin Ranch, was built as a 300-acre family retreat and ranch in Upper Bear Creek near Evergreen in Clear Creek County, Colorado by John Evans, Colorado's second territorial governor. Covering most of Corral Creek, Metz, and Vance valleys, it was a mountain cattle ranch.”

Wikipedia article Evans-Elbert Ranch, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 24 National Register listings published here for Clear Creek County · listed in 1980 · category: Building · built in 1908.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • Address. Upper Bear Creek Rd., Idaho Springs, 80439
  • When was it listed? September 1980
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Idaho Springs
  • When was it built? 1908
  • National Register reference number. 80000885 - 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

33 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Evans-Elbert Ranch between 1994 and 2020, burning about 487 acres in total. 9 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Natural9
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking1
Debris and open burning1
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2009Naturalunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandRANCH
27 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandWARRIOR MOUNTAIN
14 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEvergreen Fire/RescueUNKNOWN
28 August 2011Naturalunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandWHITTER
27 August 1995Naturalunder an acreLarimer Countynot named
27 August 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandCAMP ROCK
19 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
16 August 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandWARRIOR

Every fire recorded in Clear Creek County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Evans-Elbert Ranch: 18 past producers, 8 producers, 4 occurrences, 1 prospect. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Feldspar, Gold, Beryllium, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Beaver BrookFeldspar, UraniumPast Producer
EdwardsStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
GroverBeryllium, Niobium (Columbium), REE, Tantalum, Mica, FeldsparProducerBeryl, Columbite, Feldspar, Mica, Monazite, Tantalite
GroverUranium, REE, Zinc, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium), Beryllium, GarnetOccurrenceBeryl, Columbite, Gahnite, Garnet, Monazite, Tantalite
GroverFeldspar, Beryllium, Mica, REE, TantalumPast Producer
Grover MineNiobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Beryllium, MicaOccurrenceBeryl, Muscovite
Grover MineMica, BerylliumProducerFeldspar, Mica
Grover MineFeldspar, Mica, Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium), REEPast ProducerBertrandite, Beryl, Columbite, Microcline, Monazite, Muscovite
Grover Winsor PegmatiteNiobium (Columbium), Tantalum, REE, Feldspar, Mica, BerylliumProducerBeryl, Monazite, Muscovite
InternationalGold, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clear Creek County

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 miles

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 PropertyDistance Listed
Miner Street Bridge1.8 miles1985
Echo Lake Park6.3 miles1995
Argo Tunnel and Mill6.4 miles1978
Idaho Springs Downtown Commercial District6.5 miles1984
Bryan Hose House6.5 miles1998
Methodist Episcopal Church6.5 miles1998

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 80000885 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Clear Creek CountyAll 24 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.