BlockFrom the record
One of 26 National Register listings published here for Park County · listed in 1998 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Jefferson Denver South Park and Pacific Railroad Depot
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Jct. of US 285 and Cty. Rd. 35, Jefferson, 80456
- When was it listed? December 1998
- Category. building
- Also known as. Railroads in Colorado, 1858-1948 MPS
- Census division. Fairplay
- National Register reference number. 98001554 - 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
35 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Jefferson Denver South Park and Pacific Railroad Depot between 1994 and 2020, burning about 676 acres in total. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | JEFFERSON 2 |
| 19 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | JEFFERSON CREEK |
| 19 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | KENOSHA |
| 9 August 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | COLORADO TRAIL |
| 3 August 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | not named |
| 28 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | OHLER |
| 27 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | DEAD MAN |
| 23 August 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | WEBSTER |
Mines and quarries near this property
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Jefferson Denver South Park and Pacific Railroad Depot: 5 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Vanadium, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mac George Prospect | Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | 1956 | |
| Tedco Claims | Uranium, Vanadium | Prospect | 1956 | |
| Donna Lou | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | ||
| Donna Lou, Guernsey | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | ||
| Stoll Placer | Gold | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Unknown | Gold | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Unknown | Gold | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Unknown | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence |
Storms near this property
3 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jefferson, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 2006 and 2021: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2021 | Hail | Jefferson | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jefferson | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Jefferson | - | 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
4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Wahl Ranch | 1.2 miles | 2000 |
 | Como Roundhouse, Railroad Depot and Hotel Complex | 6.4 miles | 1983 |
 | Como Cemetery | 6.5 miles | 2017 |
 | Como School | 6.6 miles | 2000 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 98001554 in Record Group 79. |
| Park County | All 26 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.