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Bergen Park

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

From the record

One of 83 National Register listings published here for Jefferson County · listed in 1990 · category: District.

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

The listing

  • Address. CO 74 S of I-40, Evergreen, 80439
  • When was it listed? November 1990
  • Category. district
  • Also known as. Denver Mountain Parks MPS
  • Census division. Central Jefferson
  • Architect. Olmsted Brothers
  • National Register reference number. 90001707 - 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

123 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Bergen Park between 1995 and 2020, burning about 100 acres in total. 9 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/undetermined106
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use6
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2019Naturalunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
3 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGenesee Fire RescueUNKNOWN
27 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandWARRIOR MOUNTAIN
24 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreEvergreen Fire/RescueUNKNOWN
23 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
20 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined17 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
20 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreEvergreen Fire/RescueUNKNOWN
17 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreClear Creek County OfficeFREIGHT STATION

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 65 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 65 workings within 5 miles of Bergen Park: 25 producers, 24 past producers, 13 occurrences, 2 prospects. 25 still produce. What was taken out: Feldspar, Beryllium, Gold, Quartz. 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
Bear CreekGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Beaver BrookFeldspar, UraniumPast Producer
Burroughs Feldspar MineFeldspar, Beryllium, Mica, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Bismuth, REE, Uranium, Thorium, LithiumPast Producer1942, 1944
Capitol Central MineLead, Zinc, Silver, GoldOccurrenceGalena, Sphalerite
Centennial Cone ProspectBeryllium, Feldspar, Mica, Quartz, REEProducerBeryl, Microcline, Monazite, Muscovite, Quartz
East Shaffer Hill PegmatiteFeldspar, Tantalum, Copper, REEPast Producer1938, 1945
EdwardsStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
F. M. D. MineCopper, ZincPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Pyrite
Genessee Mountain Scheelite OccurrenceTungstenOccurrenceScheelite
GroverFeldspar, Beryllium, Mica, REE, TantalumPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this property

34 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Evergreen, the town this property stands in, in 34 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 22 hail, 9 lightning, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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
May 2001LightningEvergreen$1,000,000Lightning ignited a fire which destroyed a luxury home on Bear Mountain near Evergreen.
April 2003LightningEvergreen$100,000Lightning struck a chimney at a residence in Hiwan, sending stones flying as far as 150 feet. Electrical equipment in some nearby homes also failed. Damage to the residence, in addition to electrical equipment, was estimated to be $100,000.
July 2014Flash FloodEvergreen$20,000Heavy rainfall, nearly two inches in one hour, flooded several residences. In addition, several bridges along Forest Estate Road were washed out.
June 2002LightningEvergreen$5,000Lightning damaged the Evergreen Fire Protection District (EFPD) repeater. One microwave transmitter, the main fire channel transmitter and two solor panel controllers were ruined.
May 2011LightningEvergreen$1,000Lightning struck a park ranger's office and destroyed a nearby gasoline storage tank.
August 2008LightningEvergreen$1,000no account filed
May 2006LightningEvergreen-A lightning strike sparked a fire at a recreation center in Evergreen. The roof of the building was damaged. In addition, the small fire that was ignited also spread into some brush. The ensuing brush fire consumed about one quarter of an acre.
August 2002LightningEvergreen-Lightning struck a home causing extensive damage.
June 1999LightningEvergreen-Lightning sparked two small fires at separate residences near the Hiwan Country Club.
August 2025HailEvergreen-no account filed
June 2023HailEvergreen-no account filed
June 2023HailEvergreen-no account filed
June 2023HailEvergreen-no account filed
June 2023HailEvergreen-no account filed
June 2023HailEvergreen-no account filed
September 2019HailEvergreen-no account filed
May 2018HailEvergreen-no account filed
May 2018HailEvergreen-no account filed
May 2015HailEvergreen-no account filed
July 2011HailEvergreen-no account filed
June 2010HailEvergreen-no account filed
July 2009HailEvergreen-no account filed
June 2006HailEvergreen-no account filed
June 2006HailEvergreen-no account filed
June 2004HailEvergreen-no account filed
June 2004HailEvergreen-no account filed
June 2004HailEvergreen-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindEvergreen-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindEvergreen-no account filed
August 2002HailEvergreen-no account filed
June 1999HailEvergreen-no account filed
June 1998HailEvergreen-no account filed
July 1996HailEvergreen-no account filed
July 1996LightningEvergreen-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Fillius Park0.7 miles1995
Humphrey House1.0 miles1974
Genesee Park3.3 miles1990
Hiwan Homestead4.0 miles1974
Dedisse Park4.3 miles1990
Katherine Craig Park4.3 miles1995

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 90001707 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Jefferson CountyAll 83 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.