BlockFrom the record
One of 20 National Register listings published here for Garfield County · listed in 1983 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Battlement Mesa Schoolhouse
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
The listing
- Address. 7201 300 Rd., Battlement Mesa, 81635
- When was it listed? April 1983
- Category. building
- Also known as. Rural School Buildings in Colorado MPS
- Census division. West Garfield
- National Register reference number. 83001295 - 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
262 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 262 fires within 5 miles of Battlement Mesa Schoolhouse between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,618 acres in total. 126 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 | 126 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 112 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Grand Valley Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 7 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | PETE-N-BIL |
| 7 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | PARACHT NW |
| 6 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 5 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Grand Valley Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 5 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 acres | Northwest District, Grand Junction | MEDIAN |
| 5 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | CRAIG |
| 5 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | DRY CREEK |
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Battlement Mesa Schoolhouse: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sand and Gravel | |
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
5 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Battlement Mesa, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 2005 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Battlement Mesa | $25,000 | Flash flooding closed Interstate 70 and adjacent roads near Parachute for more than two hours. An access road that runs parallel and north of I-70 was heavily damaged. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Battlement Mesa | - | A peak wind gust of 63 MPH was measured by the automated Mesonet weather station 2 miles southwest of Parachute. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Battlement Mesa | - | Mud and debris flowed across County Road 204, with the deepest debris field approximately 2 to 3 feet deep near mile marker 7. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Battlement Mesa | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Battlement Mesa | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Wasson-McKay Place | 1.6 miles | 2010 |
| Havemeyer-Willcox Canal Pumphouse and Forebay | 7.4 miles | 1980 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 83001295 in Record Group 79. |
| Garfield County | All 20 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.