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Photograph of Jared L. Brush Barn
Photograph by Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Jared L. Brush Barn

Built in 1865 (vernacular architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

From the record

“Brush Barn, in rural Weld County, Colorado near Johnstown, Colorado, United States, was built c. 1865. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.”

Wikipedia article Jared L. Brush Barn, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 36 National Register listings published here for Weld County · listed in 1991 · category: Building · built in 1865, vernacular architecture.

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 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Brush, Jared L., Barn - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 24308 Weld Co. Rd. 17, Johnstown, 80534
  • When was it listed? October 1991
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Historic Farms and Ranches of Weld County MPS
  • Census division. Johnstown-Milliken
  • When was it built? 1865
  • Architectural style. vernacular architecture
  • National Register reference number. 91001532 - 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

235 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 235 fires within 5 miles of Jared L. Brush Barn between 2010 and 2020, burning about 226 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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/undetermined198
Debris and open burning10
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1

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
5 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMilliken Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
3 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWeld CountyUNKNOWN
3 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWeld CountyUNKNOWN
3 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWeld CountyUNKNOWN
23 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMilliken Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
21 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBig Thompson Canyon Volunteer Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
21 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMilliken Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
20 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWeld CountyUNKNOWN

Every fire recorded in Weld County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Jared L. Brush Barn: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
UnknownFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
UnknownFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence

Every working recorded in Weld County

Storms near this property

40 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Johnstown, the town this property stands in, in 40 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 31 hail, 3 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
June 2015Flash FloodJohnstown$15,000Flash flooding forced numerous road closures in and around Milliken and Platteville. Water, up to 3 ft deep, was observed at Division Rd and State Highway 66. State Highway 60 and Forest Rd were also closed due to floodwaters.
May 2009Flash FloodJohnstown$5,000no account filed
July 2009HailJohnstown$1,000Large hail broke a skylight.
August 2025FloodJohnstown-Minor street flooding at CO-60 and Harriett Avenue in Milliken, relayed via NWSChat.
June 2025HailJohnstown-Report from mping.
June 2025HailJohnstown-Report from mping.
June 2025HailJohnstown-Report from mping.
June 2025HailJohnstown-Picture from Social Media with a few larger stones as well.
June 2025HailJohnstown-Report from mping.
May 2025HailJohnstown-Report from Mping.
July 2025HailJohnstown-Average size of the hailstones was 0.5 inches and the duration lasted 12 minutes.
July 2024HailJohnstown-Reported via mPing.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindJohnstown-A microburst wind flipped over a carport.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindJohnstown-Intense thunderstorm winds blew down a large portion of a tree which partially blocked a nearby street.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindJohnstown-Intense straight-line winds uprooted two trees. In addition, a nearby corn field was also flattened west of the location.
September 2019HailJohnstown-The hail shredded leaves, dented a car and damaged shingles.
August 2013Tornado (EF0)Johnstown-A tornado touched down briefly in an open field. No damage was reported.
June 2005HailJohnstown-Beet fields in the area were damaged.
March 2004Tornado (F0)Johnstown-A tornado touched down briefly but did no damage.
October 2004Tornado (F1)Johnstown-A small tornado touched down a turned some empty fertilizer tanks on their sides at a fertilizer plant. Three storage sheds were also destroyed. The twister also damaged a trailer.
June 2025HailJohnstown-no account filed
May 2024HailJohnstown-no account filed
May 2024HailJohnstown-no account filed
June 2023HailJohnstown-no account filed
June 2021HailJohnstown-no account filed
June 2021HailJohnstown-no account filed
June 2021HailJohnstown-no account filed
September 2019HailJohnstown-no account filed
May 2017HailJohnstown-no account filed
June 2009HailJohnstown-no account filed
May 2009HailJohnstown-no account filed
June 2009HailJohnstown-no account filed
May 2005HailJohnstown-no account filed
May 2005HailJohnstown-no account filed
May 2005HailJohnstown-no account filed
August 2004HailJohnstown-no account filed
August 2004HailJohnstown-no account filed
August 2004HailJohnstown-no account filed
August 2004HailJohnstown-no account filed
July 2002HailJohnstown-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Weld 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

5 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
Harvey J. Parish House1.2 miles2000
Anderson Barn2.9 miles2004
Daniels School4.4 miles2005
Little Thompson River Bridge5.4 miles2002
Artesia Farm7.9 miles2018

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 91001532 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Weld CountyAll 36 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.