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Tarryall School

Built in 1921. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

From the record

“The Tarryall School, at 31000 County Road 77 in Tarryall, Colorado, was built in 1921. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.”

Wikipedia article Tarryall School, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 26 National Register listings published here for Park County · listed in 1985 · category: Building · built in 1921.

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 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 31000 County Rd., Tarryall, 80827
  • When was it listed? May 1985
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Rural School Buildings in Colorado MPS
  • Census division. Lake George
  • When was it built? 1921
  • National Register reference number. 85001060 - 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

96 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Tarryall School between 1992 and 2020, burning about 331 acres in total. 55 started naturally. 3 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
Natural55
Recreation and ceremony22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Arson/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1
Other causes1
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
9 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestLIGHTNING ALLEY
6 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestBURNS
24 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined18 acresPike and San Isabel National ForestCHINA
2 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLarimer Countynot named
17 September 2017Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestCHINA WALL 212
16 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestMARKSBURY
11 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestTARRYALL
8 August 1996Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestMATHADAM

Every fire recorded in Park County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 38 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of Tarryall School: 19 occurrences, 14 past producers, 4 producers, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Beryllium, Molybdenum, Tungsten, Uranium, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic, Iron, Copper, Tin, Tungsten. 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
A & C ProspectBeryllium, Tungsten, Molybdenum, Lead, Zinc, Tin, Copper, Iron, ArsenicPast Producer1955
Badger Flats AreaBeryllium, Molybdenum, Gold, Tungsten, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Uranium, Arsenic, Iron, TinPast Producer1895, 1956
Bearcat MinesUranium, GoldPast Producer
Black Prince MineBeryllium, Molybdenum, Tungsten, Uranium, Iron, Tin, Lead, Zinc, Copper, ArsenicPast Producer1955
Blue Jay MineBeryllium, Molybdenum, Tungsten, Uranium, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Arsenic, Iron, TinOccurrence1955
Blue-Green LodesREE, Garnet, Feldspar, Quartz, Mica, BerylliumProducerBeryl, Garnet
Boomer MineBeryllium, Silver, Uranium, Molybdenum, Tungsten, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Arsenic, Iron, TinPast Producer1895, 1965
Champell MineBeryllium, Molybdenum, Tungsten, Uranium, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Tin, Arsenic, IronOccurrence1955
China Wall AreaBeryllium, Molybdenum, Tungsten, Uranium, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic, Iron, Copper, TinPast Producer1955
Happy Thought MineBeryllium, Molybdenum, Uranium, Tungsten, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic, Iron, Copper, TinOccurrence1955

Every working recorded in Park County

Storms near this property

2 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tarryall, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 1993 and 2015: 1 hail, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2015FloodTarryall$15,000Eleven Mile Canyon was evacuated and closed down for several days due to floodwaters threatening to wash out a popular road. The flooding was the result of an above average winter snowpack from heavy late season rain and snow events in May.
August 1993HailTarryall-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Park 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

2 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Victor Williams Homestead-Sprague Sand Creek Ranch4.3 miles2024
Tarryall Rural Historic District6.6 miles2017

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 85001060 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Park CountyAll 26 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.