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One of 83 National Register listings published here for Jefferson County · listed in 1998 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Churches Ranch
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.
The listing
- Address. 17999 W. 60th Ave., Arvada, 80403
- When was it listed? July 1998
- Category. district
- Census division. Golden
- National Register reference number. 98000883 - 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
326 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 326 fires within 5 miles of Churches Ranch between 2003 and 2020, burning about 1,784 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 2 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 | 266 |
| Smoking | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | West Metro Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | N/A |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pleasant View Fire Department | N/A |
| 6 September 2020 | Smoking | under an acre | West Metro Fire Rescue | N/A |
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | GOLDEN |
| 30 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 30 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arvada Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 3 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arvada Fire Protection District | N/A |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 135 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 135 workings within 5 miles of Churches Ranch: 68 producers, 40 occurrences, 18 past producers, 5 unknowns. 68 still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alumet Pilot Plant | Aluminum | Unknown | ||
| Ascension Mine | Uranium, Copper, Lead | Producer | 1955, 1956, 1972 | |
| Aubrey-Ladwig Mine | Uranium, Copper | Past Producer | 1954, 1955, 1956 | |
| Buckman Property | Uranium, Copper, Lead, Molybdenum, Zinc, Silver | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Centennial Cone | Beryllium | Producer | ||
| Cressman Gulch | Beryllium, Mica, Feldspar | Producer | Beryl, Feldspar, Muscovite | |
| Cressmans Gulch Prospect | Feldspar, Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Mica | Past Producer | Beryl, Microcline, Muscovite | |
| Ladwig Group | Uranium, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | 1971 | |
| Ladwig-Grosso Pegmatite | Beryllium, Mica, Feldspar, Quartz | Past Producer | Beryl, Muscovite, Quartz | |
| Mica Prospect, Nare Ranch | Feldspar, Mica, Quartz | Producer | Feldspar, Mica, Quartz |
Storms near this property
60 of 82 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arvada, the town this property stands in, in 82 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 67 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 lightning, 2 flood. The reports record 1 death and 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Lightning | Arvada | 1 killed, 1 hurt | Two men at the Indian Tree Golf Course were struck by lightning when they sought shelter from a rapidly developing thunderstorm under a tree. One man suffered minor injuries, while the other died from this injuries. |
| July 2014 | Lightning | Arvada | 1 hurt | A man was injured by a nearby lightning strike while he recorded a video of a thunderstorm with his cell phone. He was standing in his garage, when a nearby lightning bolt knocked him out. He suffered overall body aches and had a ringing sensation in one of his ears. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Arvada | $1,000 | Large hail caused minor damage to a vehicle. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Arvada | - | The report was from mping. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Arvada | - | The report was from mping. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Arvada | - | The report was from mping. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arvada | - | A wet microburst snapped tree limbs up to six inches in diameter. |
| August 2006 | Flash Flood | Arvada | - | Heavy rain caused flash flooding along Leyden Creek in unincorporated Jefferson County, northwest of Arvada. An automated rain gauge in upper Leyden Creek, 6 miles northwest of Arvada, measured 2.68 inches of rain in less than two hours. Two to three feet of water covered the roadway at 82nd and Quaker. |
| July 2004 | Lightning | Arvada | - | Lightning caused power outages in parts of Arvada. Approximately 9,800 customers were without power for 90 minutes. |
| August 2003 | Lightning | Arvada | - | Lightning struck a residence and sparked a fire in Arvada. Damage to the roof and ceiling were extensive. |
| August 1997 | Lightning | Arvada | - | Lightning sparked a small fire to a home causing minor damage. |
| August 1997 | Flood | Arvada | - | Several intersections were flooded as heavy rain producing thunderstorms struck the area. Several cars were damaged by the highwaters and a number of businesses were also flooded. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Arvada | - | Spotters reported pea-size hail covering the ground to a depth of three inches in Arvada (nine miles west northwest of Denver). |
| May 2025 | Hail | Arvada | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Hail | Arvada | - | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Hail | Arvada | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Hail | Arvada | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Hail | Arvada | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Arvada | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Arvada | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Arvada | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Arvada | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Arvada | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Arvada | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Arvada | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Arvada | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Arvada | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Arvada | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Arvada | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Arvada | - | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Hail | Arvada | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Arvada | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Arvada | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Arvada | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Arvada | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Arvada | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Arvada | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Arvada | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Arvada | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arvada | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arvada | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arvada | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Arvada | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Arvada | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Arvada | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Arvada | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Arvada | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Arvada | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Arvada | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Arvada | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Arvada | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Arvada | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Arvada | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Arvada | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Arvada | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Arvada | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Arvada | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Arvada | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Arvada | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Arvada | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rio Grande Southern Railroad Engine No. 20 | 2.5 miles | 2000 | |
| Rio Grande Southern Railroad, Motor No. 7 | 2.5 miles | 1997 | |
 | Rio Grande Southern Railroad, Motor No. 6 | 2.5 miles | 1997 |
| Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Caboose No. 0578 | 2.5 miles | 2003 | |
 | Rio Grande Southern Railroad, Motor No. 2 | 2.5 miles | 1997 |
 | Golden High School | 3.5 miles | 1997 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 98000883 in Record Group 79. |
| Jefferson County | All 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.