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Photograph of Pike's Peak Grange No. 163
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Pike's Peak Grange No. 163

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

From the record

“Pike's Peak Grange No. 163 is an historic Grange hall located at 3093 N. Pike's Peak Grange No. 163 was organized in 1908 and its meeting hall was built the next year.”

Wikipedia article Pike's Peak Grange No. 163, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 24 National Register listings published here for Douglas County · listed in 1990 · category: Building.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 3093 CO 83, Franktown, 80116
  • When was it listed? October 1990
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Parker
  • National Register reference number. 90001502 - 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

236 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 236 fires within 5 miles of Pike's Peak Grange No. 163 between 1993 and 2020, burning about 3,137 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined178
Natural16
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Equipment and vehicle use9
Smoking9
Arson/incendiarism8
Recreation and ceremony5
Fireworks1
Other causes1

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
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
8 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
8 September 1994Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreDouglas Countynot named
7 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresCastle Rock Fire & Rescue DepartmentUNKNOWN
7 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCastle Rock Fire & Rescue DepartmentUNKNOWN
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCastle Rock Fire & Rescue DepartmentUNKNOWN
4 September 1994Naturalunder an acreDouglas Countynot named

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Pike's Peak Grange No. 163: 6 producers, 5 occurrences, 5 unknowns, 3 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Silver, Manganese. 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
ClaypitClayProducer
QuarryStoneProducer
Unnamed Gold OccurrenceSilver, GoldOccurrencePlacer
Leonard MineManganeseOccurrencePsilomelane
Leonard MineManganeseUnknown1952
Unnamed Gold OccurrenceGold, SilverOccurrencePlacer
Unnamed Gold OccurrenceGold, SilverOccurrencePlacer
FranktownSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

Every working recorded in Douglas County

Storms near this property

59 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Franktown, the town this property stands in, in 59 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 49 hail, 3 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning. The reports record 4 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1999HailFranktown3 hurt, $3,000,000Large hail, up to golfball size and accumulating several inches deep, caused a large section of a corrugated metal roof of a greenhouse complex to collapse. About a third of the roof covering the 30,000 square foot building collapsed. Thirty five workers were trapped in the debris, 3 people were treated for minor injuries. Hail piled up 1-2 feet deep blocked the roadways, slowing down emergency vehicles. Damage to the building was estimated to be around $3.0 million.
September 1996LightningFranktown1 hurtno account filed
July 2025Tornado (EF1)Franktown-Lasted about 90 seconds. Damage to the roof (was removed) of a commercial building.
October 2025HailFranktown-The report was received from MPING.
June 2014LightningFranktown-A fast moving thunderstorm sparked a small grassfire.
September 2013Flash FloodFranktown-The combination of heavy rain, coupled with extremely saturated ground conditions, produced additional flash flooding.
June 2012Tornado (EF0)Franktown-A small tornado touched down but did no damage.
June 2006Tornado (F0)Franktown-A small tornado touched down but did no damage.
July 2006Flash FloodFranktown-A trained observer reported that a culvert and several to roads were washed out. In addition law enforcement officials reported that two driveways crossing Cherry Creek in and near Praire Canyon Ranch were washed out. Heavy rains caused flash flooding at Castlewood Canyon State Park near Franktown. The floodwaters wiped out four footbridges along the high trail.
June 2024HailFranktown-no account filed
May 2023HailFranktown-no account filed
May 2023HailFranktown-no account filed
May 2023HailFranktown-no account filed
May 2023HailFranktown-no account filed
May 2023HailFranktown-no account filed
June 2023HailFranktown-no account filed
June 2023HailFranktown-no account filed
July 2023HailFranktown-no account filed
June 2023HailFranktown-no account filed
August 2021HailFranktown-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindFranktown-no account filed
June 2019HailFranktown-no account filed
June 2019HailFranktown-no account filed
July 2019HailFranktown-no account filed
June 2016HailFranktown-no account filed
July 2016HailFranktown-no account filed
July 2016HailFranktown-no account filed
July 2016Thunderstorm WindFranktown-no account filed
April 2016HailFranktown-no account filed
June 2015HailFranktown-no account filed
June 2015HailFranktown-no account filed
June 2015HailFranktown-no account filed
August 2015HailFranktown-no account filed
June 2014HailFranktown-no account filed
June 2014HailFranktown-no account filed
June 2011HailFranktown-no account filed
June 2011HailFranktown-no account filed
June 2011Thunderstorm WindFranktown-no account filed
June 2010HailFranktown-no account filed
June 2010HailFranktown-no account filed
July 2010HailFranktown-no account filed
June 2009HailFranktown-no account filed
August 2009HailFranktown-no account filed
August 2009HailFranktown-no account filed
August 2009HailFranktown-no account filed
August 2009HailFranktown-no account filed
August 2007HailFranktown-no account filed
August 2007HailFranktown-no account filed
August 2007HailFranktown-no account filed
August 2007HailFranktown-no account filed
August 2007HailFranktown-no account filed
May 2007HailFranktown-no account filed
August 2006HailFranktown-no account filed
July 2003HailFranktown-no account filed
May 2003HailFranktown-no account filed
July 2003HailFranktown-no account filed
July 2003HailFranktown-no account filed
June 1999HailFranktown-no account filed
August 1998HailFranktown-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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Cherry Creek Bridge5.6 miles2002
Castle Rock Elementry School5.6 miles1984
Samuel Dyer House5.6 miles2016
Benjamin Hammar House5.7 miles1993
Keystone Hotel5.8 miles1997
First National Bank of Douglas County5.8 miles1995

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 90001502 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Douglas CountyAll 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.