BlockFrom the record
One of 36 National Register listings published here for Garfield County · listed in 2015 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
John and Mary Fuksa Farm
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.
The listing
- Listed as. Fuksa, John and Mary, Farm - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 1228 E0580 Rd., Bison, 73720
- When was it listed? December 2015
- Category. building
- Census division. South Garfield
- National Register reference number. 15000867 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Mines and quarries near this property
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of John and Mary Fuksa Farm: 5 past producers, 2 producers, 2 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Pumice, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Volcanic Ash Prospect | Pumice | Prospect | ||
| Volcanic Ash Prospect | Pumice | Prospect | ||
| County Shale Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Moery Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Whittenburg Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
27 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bison, the town this property stands in, in 27 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 13 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Bison | $10,000 | This short lived tornado damaged a stone barn with a sheet metal roof. Some tree damage occurred, but the damage was minimal. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Bison | $5,000 | A brief tornado damaged an outbuilding near Marshall Road. |
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Bison | $5,000 | Minor tree damage was the only known damage with this tornado. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bison | $2,000 | An uninhabited mobile home was destroyed. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bison | $2,000 | Power poles were downed. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bison | $300 | Multiple tree limbs were downed due to the high wind. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bison | $10 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Bison | - | A storm chaser observed a brief tornado south of Bison. An NWS damage survey team found multiple road signs damaged at the intersections of US-81 and Marshall Road. No other damage was observed. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Bison | - | MPing report. |
| June 2007 | Heavy Rain | Bison | - | A total of 7.5 inches of rain had fallen since midnight. Three and a half inches of that fell between 6 pm and 9:15 pm. |
| June 2007 | Flood | Bison | - | Buffalo Creek is out of its banks and estimated to be three quarters of a mile wide at this location. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bison | - | Estimated 60 to 70 mph winds were reported. |
| March 2021 | Hail | Bison | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Bison | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Bison | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Bison | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Bison | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Bison | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bison | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Bison | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Bison | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bison | - | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bison | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Bison | - | no account filed |
| October 1994 | Hail | Bison | - | no account filed |
| October 1994 | Hail | Bison | - | no account filed |
| October 1994 | Hail | Bison | - | 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.
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 15000867 in Record Group 79. |
| Garfield County | All 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.
- 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.