Applewood Glen, Colorado
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Northeast Jefferson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80215. The Survey maps it on the Morrison quadrangle.
On record in Applewood Glen
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.
- Hill Section, Golden Hill Cemeterylisted 1995 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 25 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.
- 1899 USGS West Denver quadrangle1:125000
- 1938 USGS Morrison quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Morrison quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Morrison quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Morrison quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Morrison quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1983 USGS Denver West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1,277 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,277 fires within 5 miles of Applewood Glen between 2003 and 2020, burning about 418 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 32 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 | 1045 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 57 |
| Smoking | 43 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 32 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 21 |
| Fireworks | 18 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 15 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | West Metro Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 9 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | West Metro Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 9 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | N/A |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | N/A |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | West Metro Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | West Metro Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | West Metro Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 63 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 63 workings within 5 miles of Applewood Glen: 31 producers, 24 occurrences, 4 unknowns, 4 past producers. 31 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alumet Pilot Plant | Aluminum | Unknown | ||
| Ladwig Properties | Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | ||
| Rio Grande Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | 1973 | |
| Soda Lakes, Soda Springs | Sodium | Producer | ||
| Amax Mill | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Shepherd Mine | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Clear Creek Sand & Gravel Gold Dep | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Golden Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Linda 1&2 Mine | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| North Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Applewood Grove | 0.6 miles | 25 | |
| Daniels Garden | 0.7 miles | 25 | |
| Edgemont | 1.0 miles | 25 | |
| Mountain View Estates | 1.3 miles | 25 | |
| Paramount Heights | 1.4 miles | 24 | |
| Applewood Village | 1.4 miles | 28 | |
| Applewood | 1.7 miles | 28 | |
| Rolling Hills | 1.7 miles | 24 |
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 Q122599103 | The 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 2354959. 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.










