Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
“Ward Congregational Church, at 41 Modoc in Ward, Colorado, was built in 1894-95 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.”
Wikipedia article Ward Congregational Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 92 National Register listings published here for Boulder County · listed in 1989 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Ward Congregational Church between 1992 and 2020, burning about 519 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 54 |
| Natural | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | IA 657 |
| 8 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | BEAVER |
| 7 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | LEFT HAND RESERVOIR |
| 7 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-Boulder District | not named |
| 5 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lefthand Fire Protection District | N/A |
| 5 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | MT. ALTO |
| 4 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | BRAINARD ROAD |
| 3 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | LEFTHAND RESERVOIR |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 136 workings within 5 miles of Ward Congregational Church: 61 occurrences, 55 past producers, 11 producers, 5 prospects. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Uranium, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brainard Lake Plant | Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Copper Glance | Gold, Copper | Producer | Vein | |
| Copper Glance | Gold, Talc-Soapstone | Unknown | ||
| Copper King Mine | Cobalt, Copper, Nickel | Past Producer | 1880, 1940 | |
| Copper King Nickel Mine | Cobalt, Nickel, Copper | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Niccolite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite | |
| Daisy | Gold, Tungsten | Occurrence | Gold | |
| Eldorado Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Fools Paradise Number 1 and 2 | Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Golden Chest | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Last Chance | Gold, Mercury | Occurrence | Gold, Mercury |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ward, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 1997 and 2014: 3 flash flood, 2 hail, 1 lightning. The reports record 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1997 | Lightning | Ward | 1 hurt | Lightning injured a man while talking on the telephone. The bolt passed through the phone line burning his ear. He received minor injuries. |
| July 2012 | Flash Flood | Ward | $15,000 | Heavy rain produced flash flooding in the Fourmile burn area. |
| July 2012 | Flash Flood | Ward | $5,000 | Heavy rain produced flash flooding in the Fourmile burn area. |
| September 2013 | Flash Flood | Ward | - | Continuous heavy rainfall produced widespread flash flooding. The CO36 Turnpike was also submerged by 3 feet of water at Foothills Parkway. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Ward | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Ward | - | no account filed |
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.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Ward School | under 500 feet | 1989 |
| Modoc Mill | 0.6 miles | 1978 | |
 | Denver, Boulder and Western Railway Historic District | 4.4 miles | 1980 |
 | Gold Hill Historic District | 5.4 miles | 1989 |
| Snowbound Mine | 6.6 miles | ||
 | Wall Street Assay Office | 6.7 miles | 1989 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 89000981 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Boulder County | All 92 listed properties in this county. |
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