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One of 33 National Register listings published here for Mesa County · listed in 1983 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Kettle-Jens House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 498 32nd Rd., Clifton, 81504
- When was it listed? May 1983
- Category. building
- Census division. Clifton
- National Register reference number. 83001325 - 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
941 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 941 fires within 5 miles of Kettle-Jens House between 1994 and 2020, burning about 13,397 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 6 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 | 804 |
| Smoking | 40 |
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Fireworks | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Clifton Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Grand Junction Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | GRAND JUNCTION |
| 8 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Clifton Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Grand Junction Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 7 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Grand Junction Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 6 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 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 | N/A |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Kettle-Jens House: 13 unknowns, 4 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Unknown | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Clay Pit | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Clay Pit | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Clay Pit | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Clay Pit | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Mine | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Corn Const Co 30 1/2 Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
10 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clifton, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 1997 and 2020: 3 heavy rain, 2 lightning, 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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 2006 | Heavy Rain | Clifton | 1 killed | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Lightning | Clifton | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Lightning | Clifton | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Dust Devil | Clifton | $1,000 | An intense dust devil crossed a back yard and yanked a strongly anchored trampoline up an into the air which then crashed to the ground and was totally destroyed. The rebar anchors had been embedded into the hard and dry clay ground to a depth of 18 inches. Roof shingles were also torn off the corner of the nearby house. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clifton | $500 | A microburst from a dry thunderstorm blew a trampoline about a hundred feet and knocked over some cottonwood trees. Other unsecured objects were blown away. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clifton | - | A National Weather Service employee estimated a peak wind gust of 60 mph. A large portion of the employee's fence was blown down as a result of the winds. |
| August 2016 | Heavy Rain | Clifton | - | In the Clifton area 0.52 of an inch of rain fell within 20 minutes. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Clifton | - | Strong thunderstorms produced hail up to the size of quarters in the community of Clifton. |
| July 2008 | Heavy Rain | Clifton | - | Rainfall of 0.67 inches occurred. |
| September 2003 | Hail | Clifton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Clifton Community Center and Church | 1.1 miles | 1982 |
 | Cross Land and Fruit Company Orchards and Ranch | 1.6 miles | 1980 |
| TBM Avenger Aircraft N53503 | 4.5 miles | 2017 | |
 | North Seventh Street Historic Residential District | 5.5 miles | 1984 |
 | Margery Building | 5.7 miles | 1993 |
 | U.S. Post Office | 5.7 miles | 1980 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 83001325 in Record Group 79. |
| Mesa County | All 33 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.