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.
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.
Alamo Placita Parklisted 1986 · 0.0 miles away
Hungarian Freedom Parklisted 1986 · 0.1 miles away
Country Club Historic Districtlisted 1979 · 0.4 miles away
Norman Apartmentslisted 1983 · 0.4 miles away
Adolph Zang Mansionlisted 1977 · 0.5 miles away
Bennett-Field Houselisted 2010 · 0.5 miles away
Wood-Morris-Bonfils Houselisted 1974 · 0.5 miles away
Grant-Humphreys Mansionlisted 1970 · 0.6 miles away
Country Club Historic District (Boundary Increase)listed 1985 · 0.6 miles away
Dora Moore Elementary Schoollisted 1978 · 0.6 miles away
Colorado Governor's Mansionlisted 1969 · 0.6 miles away
Kistler-Rodriguez Houselisted 1983 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 27 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1890 USGS East Denver quadrangle1:125000
- 1935 USGS East Denver Nos. 3 and 4 quadrangle1:48000
- 1940 USGS Englewood quadrangle1:31680
- 1944 USGS Englewood quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Englewood quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Englewood quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Englewood quadrangle1:24000, 9 printings
- 1981 USGS Denver East quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Englewood quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1,321 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 1172 |
| Smoking | 30 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Fireworks | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Natural | 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 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | West Metro Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | DENVER |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | West Metro Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | DENVER |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Denver Fire Department | N/A |
| 6 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | N/A |
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | DENVER |
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | DENVER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allied Chemical Corp | Sulfur | Producer | ||
| Mexican Diggings | Gold | Past Producer | 1858 | |
| Rodger Steele Claim | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Denver Brick & Pipe Co. | Clay | Producer | ||
| Robinson Brick & Tile Co., Plant 1 | Clay | Producer | ||
| Strainland Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Flanagan,Walt & Co.Inc. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denver | 1.3 miles | 27 | |
| Westside Neighborhood | 1.8 miles | 20 | |
| Five Points | 2.3 miles | 28 | |
| University Park | 2.9 miles | 27 | |
| Ruby Hill | 3.0 miles | 20 | |
| Wellshire | 3.4 miles | 27 | |
| Highland Park | 3.6 miles | 24 | |
| University Hills | 4.1 miles | 27 |
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.












