BlockFrom the record
One of 33 National Register listings published here for Mesa County · listed in 1994 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Rim Rock Drive Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
The listing
- Address. Colorado National Monument, Grand Junction, 81507
- When was it listed? April 1994
- Category. district
- Also known as. Colorado National Monument MPS
- Census division. Glade Park-Gateway
- National Register reference number. 94000310 - 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
353 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 353 fires within 5 miles of Rim Rock Drive Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 299 acres in total. 93 started naturally. 3 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 | 190 |
| Natural | 93 |
| Smoking | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Grand Junction Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Grand Junction Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | N/A |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Grand Junction Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 6 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Grand Junction Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 6 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Colorado National Monument | JOES FIRE |
| 5 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Grand Junction Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 30 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Grand Junction Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Rim Rock Drive Historic District: 17 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Barium-Barite, Stone, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | Hydrothermal Vein | |
| Unnamed | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Mine | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this property
2 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grand Junction, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 1993 and 1996: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1996 | Lightning | Grand Junction | $4,000 | no account filed |
| September 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grand Junction | - | Thunderstorm winds gusted to 60 mph (52 knots) at the Grand Junction airport. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Colorado National Monument Visitor Center Complex | 3.2 miles | 2003 |
 | Saddlehorn Caretaker's House and Garage | 3.3 miles | 1994 |
 | Saddlehorn Utility Area Historic District | 3.5 miles | 1994 |
 | Saddlehorn Comfort Station | 3.7 miles | 1994 |
 | Serpents Trail | 3.8 miles | 1994 |
 | Devils Kitchen Picnic Shelter | 3.9 miles | 1994 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 94000310 in Record Group 79. |
| Mesa County | All 33 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.