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Apple Meadows, Colorado

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Golden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80403. It stands on Ramstetter Creek. The Survey maps it on the Golden quadrangle.

Apple Meadows within Jefferson County

On record in Apple Meadows

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 1 record

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 28 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

307 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 307 fires within 5 miles of Apple Meadows 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/undetermined246
Smoking14
Equipment and vehicle use14
Natural12
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Fireworks4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism2
Other causes1

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 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePleasant View Fire DepartmentN/A
6 September 2020Smokingunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueN/A
6 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersGOLDEN
30 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
3 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArvada Fire Protection DistrictN/A
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersGOLDEN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 139 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 139 workings within 5 miles of Apple Meadows: 71 producers, 41 occurrences, 18 past producers, 5 unknowns. 71 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Alumet Pilot PlantAluminumUnknown
Ascension MineUranium, Copper, LeadProducer1955, 1956, 1972
Aubrey-Ladwig MineUranium, CopperPast Producer1954, 1955, 1956
Buckman PropertyUranium, Copper, Lead, Molybdenum, Zinc, SilverOccurrenceVein
Centennial ConeBerylliumProducer
Cressman GulchBeryllium, Mica, FeldsparProducerBeryl, Feldspar, Muscovite
Cressmans Gulch ProspectFeldspar, Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, MicaPast ProducerBeryl, Microcline, Muscovite
Ladwig GroupUranium, Copper, Lead, ZincOccurrence1971
Ladwig-Grosso PegmatiteBeryllium, Mica, Feldspar, QuartzPast ProducerBeryl, Muscovite, Quartz
Mica Prospect, Nare RanchFeldspar, Mica, QuartzProducerFeldspar, Mica, Quartz

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Quaker Acres2.2 miles28
Spring Mesa2.4 miles28
Eldorado Estates2.7 miles28
Supreme Estates2.7 miles28
Sherwood Farms2.7 miles28
Meadow Wood Farms2.9 miles28
Candlelight3.1 miles28
Northwood Acres3.1 miles28

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122555594The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2120003. 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.