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Applewood, Colorado

28 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 80401. It lies near Fairgrounds Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Golden quadrangle. 7,833 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,810 feet above sea level.

Applewood within Jefferson County

Population over time

2 figures

Applewood grew from 7,160 to 7,833 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20107,160
20207,833+673 (+9%)

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

984 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 984 fires within 5 miles of Applewood between 2003 and 2020, burning about 392 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 19 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/undetermined802
Equipment and vehicle use44
Smoking38
Arson/incendiarism19
Recreation and ceremony17
Fireworks16
Natural13
Debris and open burning13
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Other causes2

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
9 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePleasant View Fire DepartmentN/A
7 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGolden Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 92 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 92 workings within 5 miles of Applewood: 46 producers, 37 occurrences, 5 past producers, 4 unknowns. 46 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory), Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Centennial ConeBerylliumProducer
LadwigUranium, CopperProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Pitchblende
Ladwig PropertiesUranium, VanadiumPast Producer
North Table MountainZeolitesProducer
Rio Grande PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, SilverPast Producer1973
Amax MillUraniumProducer
Golden Granite QuarryGraniteProducerGranite
Hard Rock QuarriesGraniteProducerGranite
Shepherd MineUraniumProducer

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
Applewood Grove1.3 miles25
Applewood Village1.7 miles28
Crestview Villa1.7 miles25
Pleasant View1.7 miles25
Applewood Glen1.7 miles25
Daniels Garden2.2 miles25
Vernon Gardens2.2 miles25
Mountain View Estates2.3 miles25

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.

Wikipedia article on ApplewoodAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q621578The 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 1867076. 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.