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Alamo Placita, Colorado

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Denver census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80218. The Survey maps it on the Englewood quadrangle.

Alamo Placita within Denver County

On record in Alamo Placita

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 12 of 42 shown

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Every listing in Denver County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 27 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

1,321 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,321 fires within 5 miles of Alamo Placita between 1992 and 2020, burning about 298 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 27 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/undetermined1172
Smoking30
Arson/incendiarism27
Equipment and vehicle use26
Recreation and ceremony20
Debris and open burning15
Fireworks14
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Other causes1
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersDENVER
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersDENVER
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDenver Fire DepartmentN/A
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
6 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersDENVER
6 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersDENVER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Denver County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Alamo Placita: 7 producers, 6 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Uranium, Sulfur. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Allied Chemical CorpSulfurProducer
Mexican DiggingsGoldPast Producer1858
Rodger Steele ClaimUraniumProspect
Denver Brick & Pipe Co.ClayProducer
Robinson Brick & Tile Co., Plant 1ClayProducer
Strainland MineClayProducer
Flanagan,Walt & Co.Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Denver County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Denver1.3 miles27
Westside Neighborhood1.8 miles20
Five Points2.3 miles28
University Park2.9 miles27
Ruby Hill3.0 miles20
Wellshire3.4 miles27
Highland Park3.6 miles24
University Hills4.1 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 184889. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.