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Photograph of Boggs Lumber and Hardware Building
Photograph by Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Boggs Lumber and Hardware Building

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

From the record

“The Boggs Lumber and Hardware Building, also known as the Eckley Grange Hall, is a historic building at 125 N. Built in 1915, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.”

Wikipedia article Boggs Lumber and Hardware Building, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 5 National Register listings published here for Yuma County · listed in 1985 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · 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. 125 N. Main St., Eckley, 80727
  • When was it listed? January 1985
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Yuma
  • National Register reference number. 85000086 - 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

5 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Boggs Lumber and Hardware Building between 2003 and 2020, burning about 18 acres in total. None 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/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
15 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreYuma Volunteer Fire Department (Yuma Rural Fire Protection District)UNKNOWN
6 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresEckley Volunteer Fire DepartmentN/A
6 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined14 acresYuma CountyIA 374
30 May 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
17 March 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersWRAY

Every fire recorded in Yuma County

Mines and quarries near this property

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Boggs Lumber and Hardware Building: 4 past producers, 4 occurrences. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSedimentary
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Yuma County

Storms near this property

60 of 79 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eckley, the town this property stands in, in 79 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 63 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2008Thunderstorm WindEckley$36,250An irrigation sprinkler was overturned, six power poles were down and large trees were reported toppled.
August 1996HailEckley$200no account filed
August 2025HailEckley-Measured 2.25 inch hail from the public.
June 2024HailEckley-Nickel to quarter sized hail reported.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindEckley-Estimated 50-60 MPH gusts as storm moved through.
August 2024HailEckley-Road covered in nickel sized hail. Near intersection of CR T and 44.
August 2024HailEckley-Penny sized hail reported near CR 46 and S intersection.
August 2024HailEckley-Hail around 1.5 inches in diameter reported near CR T and 41.
May 2024HailEckley-Report from MPing of hail from 1-2.5 inches.
May 2024HailEckley-Trained spotter reports nickel sized hail.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindEckley-Trained spotter estimates 75 MPH winds with Nickel sized hail.
June 2023HailEckley-Report with photos of 2 inch hail in Eckley, CO.
June 2023HailEckley-Report of golf ball sized hail for about a minute followed by 5 minutes of nickel to ping pong ball sized hail 8 miles south of Eckley, CO.
June 2022HailEckley-A large amount of dime to penny sized hail, but not enough to cover the ground, fell for a duration of nine minutes.
August 2019HailEckley-Hail reportedly ranged from nickel to quarter size. Approximately 60 mph wind gusts were also reported at this time and location.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindEckley-Approximately 60 mph winds were estimated by a trained spotter about 5 miles south of Eckley. In addition, nickel to quarter size hail was also observed at this location at this time.
July 2018HailEckley-The hail ranged from dime to quarter in size.
May 2016Tornado (EF0)Eckley-Tornado located west of CR W and CR 43. Due to the tornado being the the rural part of the county, no damage was reported.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindEckley-Delayed report received from BNSF railroad insurance agent. Twenty railroad cars (6 box cars, 14 container cars carrying double-stacked trailers) were blown off the tracks from a thunderstorm downburst around 445 pm MDT. All cars were laying to the north. No damage was reported in Eckley, just east of the incident. Train was parked at the time. No mesonet data; peak wind is an estimate.
June 2010HailEckley-Hail damaged an area roughly 14 miles long by 5 miles wide, resulting in partial to complete damage of corn, wheat and bean crops.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindEckley-Seven power poles broken between roads 51, 52 and along Road S in northern Yuma county 12 miles north of Eckley. Irrigation pivot also overturned. Doppler radar indicated possible stright-line wind event.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindEckley-This report was relayed via the NSSL SHAVE project.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindEckley-Four utility poles downed and a large grain bin pushed over.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindEckley-Three-inch diameter tree limbs broken off.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindEckley-Power outages were reported across the area.
July 2005HailEckley-Nickel and dime size hail covered the ground.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindEckley-Wind estimated at 60 mph or greater brought down limbs 3 to 4 inches in diameter.
August 2018HailEckley-no account filed
May 2016HailEckley-no account filed
May 2013HailEckley-no account filed
June 2010HailEckley-no account filed
July 2009HailEckley-no account filed
July 2009HailEckley-no account filed
August 2009HailEckley-no account filed
August 2009HailEckley-no account filed
June 2008HailEckley-no account filed
July 2008HailEckley-no account filed
May 2008HailEckley-no account filed
May 2008HailEckley-no account filed
June 2006HailEckley-no account filed
July 2006HailEckley-no account filed
July 2006HailEckley-no account filed
April 2005HailEckley-no account filed
April 2005HailEckley-no account filed
April 2005HailEckley-no account filed
April 2005HailEckley-no account filed
June 2005HailEckley-no account filed
June 2005HailEckley-no account filed
May 2005HailEckley-no account filed
July 2005HailEckley-no account filed
August 2005HailEckley-no account filed
June 2004HailEckley-no account filed
September 2004HailEckley-no account filed
August 2004HailEckley-no account filed
April 2003HailEckley-no account filed
June 2003HailEckley-no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindEckley-no account filed
August 2002HailEckley-no account filed
August 2002HailEckley-no account filed
August 2001HailEckley-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Yuma 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 85000086 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Yuma CountyAll 5 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.