BlockFrom the record
One of 20 National Register listings published here for Garfield County · listed in 1998 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Earnest Ranch
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 4 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 6471 Co. Rd. 117, Glenwood Springs, 81601
- When was it listed? April 1998
- Category. building
- Census division. Glenwood Springs
- National Register reference number. 98000292 - 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
58 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Earnest Ranch between 1992 and 2020, burning about 160 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | GFX ASSIST 18 |
| 8 August 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Garfield County | SOUTH OAK WAY |
| 31 August 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 30 August 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | 4-MILE |
| 28 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Northwest District, Grand Junction | SUNRISE COURT |
| 27 August 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | PINYON MESA |
| 21 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | BLACK DIAMOND |
| 18 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
Mines and quarries near this property
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Earnest Ranch: 2 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Kaolin, Clay. 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 | Kaolin | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sand and Gravel | |
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Cardiff Coke Ovens | 4.4 miles | 1996 |
 | Satank Bridge | 4.6 miles | 1985 |
 | Sumers Lodge | 5.0 miles | 1997 |
| Holland-Thompson Property | 6.2 miles | 2013 | |
 | Starr Manor | 7.2 miles | 1986 |
 | Edward T. Taylor House | 7.3 miles | 1986 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 98000292 in Record Group 79. |
| Garfield County | All 20 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.