Castle Rock Elementry School

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

From the record

One of 24 National Register listings published here for Douglas County · listed in 1984 · category: Building.

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

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 3rd and Cantril Sts., Castle Rock, 80104
When was it listed? September 1984
Category. building
Census division. Castle Rock
National Register reference number. 84000827 - 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

442 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 442 fires within 5 miles of Castle Rock Elementry School between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,230 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 16 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	342
Equipment and vehicle use	24
Natural	20
Arson/incendiarism	16
Smoking	16
Misuse of fire by a minor	10
Recreation and ceremony	5
Debris and open burning	5
Fireworks	4

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 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Castle Rock Fire & Rescue Department	UNKNOWN
9 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters	not named
8 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters	not named
7 September 2015	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Castle Rock Fire & Rescue Department	UNKNOWN
7 September 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Castle Rock Fire & Rescue Department	UNKNOWN
6 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Castle Rock Fire & Rescue Department	N/A
6 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Castle Rock Fire & Rescue Department	UNKNOWN
5 September 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters	not named

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Castle Rock Elementry School: 24 producers, 4 occurrences, 3 past producers, 1 unknown. 24 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Johnson, Scott, & Brickyard	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Occurrence
M Y M	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Past Producer
Unknown	Stone, Dimension	Producer	Tuff
Unnamed Gold Occurrence	Gold, Silver	Occurrence	Placer
Claypit	Clay	Producer
Claypit	Clay	Producer
Claypit	Clay	Producer
Gravel Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Gravel Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Gravel Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Douglas County

Storms near this property

60 of 96 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Castle Rock, the town this property stands in, in 96 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 67 hail, 12 lightning, 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado. The reports record 6 injuries. 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 2004	Lightning	Castle Rock	2 hurt	Two men were shocked when lightning hit the ground nearby, as they were golfing the eighth green at Castle Pines. The two golfers suffered only minor injuries.
July 2006	Lightning	Castle Rock	1 hurt	Lightning struck a teenager as he was mowing his lawn and listening to an iPod. The teen suffered burns to his hands and feet, and had blood running from his ear when he was found. The victim's eardrums were ruptured and his hearing was damaged.
June 2004	Lightning	Castle Rock	1 hurt	Lightning struck a power pole in Castle Rock igniting a small fire and injuring a 12-yr old girl standing nearby. The girl received minor injuries from the electrical shock. Lightning also sparked a small brush fire. The fire was quickly extinguished without incident.
May 2001	Lightning	Castle Rock	1 hurt	A construction worker received minor injuries when he took an indirect lightning strike.
June 1997	Lightning	Castle Rock	1 hurt	Lightning struck a security guard at the Castle Pines Golf Course. He received minor injuries.
July 2006	Lightning	Castle Rock	$125,000	Lightning struck a residence causing extensive damage to the roof as well as the side of the home.
July 2000	Lightning	Castle Rock	$100,000	Lightning struck a home is Castle Rock causing extensive damage. The majority of the damage was confined to the roof, attic and second floor.
August 2013	Flash Flood	Castle Rock	$50,000	Flash flooding occurred along Interstate 25, south of Castle Rock.
August 1997	Lightning	Castle Rock	$20,000	Lightning struck a home sparking a fire.
August 2005	Lightning	Castle Rock	$15,000	Lightning struck an unoccupied home in Parker. The fire caused damage to the roof, attic and second floor bedroom.
July 2014	Lightning	Castle Rock	$10,000	Lightning struck a home and sparked a small fire in the attic.
August 2008	Lightning	Castle Rock	$10,000	no account filed
August 2008	Lightning	Castle Rock	$10,000	no account filed
June 2009	Heavy Rain	Castle Rock	$5,000	Heavy rain caused significant trail damage in Castlewood Canyon. A couple of wooden walkways over the creek were also washed out.
September 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Castle Rock	$500	Thunderstorm winds blew over power lines which caused a power outage in Castle Rock.
October 2025	Hail	Castle Rock	-	The report was received from MPING.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Castle Rock	-	Intense winds snapped tree limbs up to 3 inches in diameter.
September 2013	Flash Flood	Castle Rock	-	Flash flooding forced the closure of Wolfsenburger Road, west of Castle Rock. In addition, Cherry Creek near Parker was 1.5 feet above flood stage.
July 2009	Tornado (EF0)	Castle Rock	-	A tornado touched down but did no damage.
August 2008	Tornado (EF0)	Castle Rock	-	A landspout tornado touched down but did no damage.
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Castle Rock	-	Severe thunderstorm winds snapped power lines a distance of one quarter of a mile.
June 2004	Tornado (F0)	Castle Rock	-	A tornado touched down briefly, blowing the roof off a machine shop.
June 2004	Tornado (F0)	Castle Rock	-	A small tornado trouhed down briefly but did no damage.
July 1998	Flash Flood	Castle Rock	-	Heavy rain, up to 3 inches in an hour, caused flash flooding problems from Castle Rock to Parker. Interstate 25, north of Castle Rock, was closed as highwaters covered sections of the highway. Some cars were left floating in the floodwaters.
June 2021	Hail	Castle Rock	-	no account filed
June 2021	Hail	Castle Rock	-	no account filed
August 2021	Hail	Castle Rock	-	no account filed
August 2021	Hail	Castle Rock	-	no account filed
August 2021	Hail	Castle Rock	-	no account filed
August 2021	Hail	Castle Rock	-	no account filed
June 2020	Hail	Castle Rock	-	no account filed
July 2020	Hail	Castle Rock	-	no account filed
July 2020	Hail	Castle Rock	-	no account filed
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Castle Rock	-	no account filed
June 2019	Hail	Castle Rock	-	no account filed
June 2019	Hail	Castle Rock	-	no account filed
June 2019	Hail	Castle Rock	-	no account filed
June 2019	Hail	Castle Rock	-	no account filed
June 2019	Hail	Castle Rock	-	no account filed
June 2019	Hail	Castle Rock	-	no account filed
August 2017	Hail	Castle Rock	-	no account filed
June 2016	Hail	Castle Rock	-	no account filed
July 2016	Hail	Castle Rock	-	no account filed
July 2016	Hail	Castle Rock	-	no account filed
May 2016	Hail	Castle Rock	-	no account filed
May 2016	Hail	Castle Rock	-	no account filed
May 2016	Hail	Castle Rock	-	no account filed
April 2016	Hail	Castle Rock	-	no account filed
April 2016	Hail	Castle Rock	-	no account filed
June 2014	Hail	Castle Rock	-	no account filed
June 2014	Hail	Castle Rock	-	no account filed
June 2014	Hail	Castle Rock	-	no account filed
June 2013	Hail	Castle Rock	-	no account filed
August 2013	Hail	Castle Rock	-	no account filed
July 2011	Hail	Castle Rock	-	no account filed
June 2010	Hail	Castle Rock	-	no account filed
August 2009	Hail	Castle Rock	-	no account filed
August 2008	Hail	Castle Rock	-	no account filed
August 2008	Hail	Castle Rock	-	no account filed
May 2007	Hail	Castle Rock	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Douglas 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Samuel Dyer House	under 500 feet	2016
Benjamin Hammar House	under 500 feet	1993
First National Bank of Douglas County	0.2 miles	1995
Keystone Hotel	0.3 miles	1997
Castle Rock Depot	0.4 miles	1974
Church of St. Philip-in-the-Field and Bear Canon Cemetery	5.6 miles	1973

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 84000827 in Record Group 79.
Douglas County	All 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.
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.