BlockFrom the record
One of 92 National Register listings published here for Boulder County · listed in 1989 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Sunshine School
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 355 Co. Rd. 83, Sunshine, 80466
- When was it listed? July 1989
- Category. building
- Also known as. Rural School Buildings in Colorado MPS
- Census division. Bald Mountain
- Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
- National Register reference number. 89000982 - 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
247 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 247 fires within 5 miles of Sunshine School between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,913 acres in total. 43 started naturally. 4 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 | 140 |
| Natural | 43 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-Boulder District | not named |
| 7 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | HAWKINS |
| 6 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 6,382 acres | Royal Gorge Field Office | FOURMILE CANYON |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | BOULDER |
| 3 September 2013 | Smoking | under an acre | Lefthand Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 28 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Boulder Fire Rescue Department | UNKNOWN |
| 20 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Coal Creek Canyon Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 2 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | BOULDER |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 240 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 240 workings within 5 miles of Sunshine School: 147 past producers, 67 occurrences, 24 producers, 2 unknowns. 24 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten, Silver, Gold, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eldorado Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Five Brothers | Gold, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Kekionga | Gold, Silver, Tungsten | Past Producer | ||
| Logan | Tungsten, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Logan Mine | Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Zinc, Lead | Producer | Vein | |
| Marion Mill | Uranium, Vanadium | Unknown | ||
| Marion Mill | Tin, REE, Tungsten | Producer | ||
| Nederland | Gold, Zinc, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Ogalla | Gold, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Poormans Relief | Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | Telluride, Gold, Pyrite |
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Walker Ranch Historic District (Boundary Increase) | 0.4 miles | 1988 |
 | Walker Ranch Historic District | 1.9 miles | 1984 |
 | Boulder Creek Bridge | 3.8 miles | 2003 |
 | Colorado Chautauqua | 4.8 miles | 1978 |
 | Chautauqua Auditorium | 4.8 miles | 1974 |
 | Mount St. Gertrude Academy | 4.9 miles | 1994 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 89000982 in Record Group 79. |
| Boulder County | All 92 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.