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One of 16 National Register listings published here for Delta County · listed in 1984 · category: Building · built in 1896.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Hotchkiss Hotel
Built in 1896. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 101 Bridge St., Hotchkiss, 81419
- When was it listed? September 1984
- Category. building
- Census division. Hotchkiss
- When was it built? 1896
- National Register reference number. 84000802 - 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
165 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 165 fires within 5 miles of Hotchkiss Hotel between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,185 acres in total. 52 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 | 72 |
| Natural | 52 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Hotchkiss Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 7 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Hotchkiss Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 7 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 7 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | JAY |
| 6 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 5 September 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Southwest District, Montrose | OAK |
| 4 September 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4.0 acres | Hotchkiss Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 30 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | N/A |
Mines and quarries near this property
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Hotchkiss Hotel: 4 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Placers | Gold | Past Producer | 1874 | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| North Fork Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel |
Storms near this property
10 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hotchkiss, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 1998 and 2021: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 heavy rain, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1998 | Flash Flood | Hotchkiss | $1,400,000 | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Dust Devil | Hotchkiss | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hotchkiss | - | A peak wind gust of 63 MPH was measured by the automated Mesonet weather station 3 miles north-northwest of Hotchkiss. |
| October 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hotchkiss | - | An automated weather station three miles north-northwest of Hotchkiss recorded a peak wind gust of 70 MPH. |
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | Hotchkiss | - | Thunderstorms brought an area of heavy rainfall from Hotchkiss to areas north of Cedaredge. Flash flooding impacted portions of Hotchkiss and closed a portion of Highway 65 north of Cedaredge which deposited a large amount of debris onto the road. |
| May 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Hotchkiss | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hotchkiss | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hotchkiss | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hotchkiss | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Heavy Rain | Hotchkiss | - | 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
3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Hotchkiss Methodist Episcopal Church | 0.1 miles | 2009 |
| Hotchkiss Homestead | 0.6 miles | 2011 | |
 | Mathews House | 7.8 miles | 2004 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 84000802 in Record Group 79. |
| Delta County | All 16 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.