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Aspen Meadows, Colorado

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Bald Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80466. It lies near Twin Sisters Peak. The Survey maps it on the Tungsten quadrangle.

Aspen Meadows within Boulder County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 25 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

234 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 234 fires within 5 miles of Aspen Meadows between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,146 acres in total. 50 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined102
Natural50
Recreation and ceremony50
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking6
Debris and open burning6
Arson/incendiarism6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 1993Naturalunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-Boulder Districtnot named
8 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandIA 657
8 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNederland Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
7 September 1994Naturalunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandHAWKINS
6 September 2010Debris and open burning6,382 acresRoyal Gorge Field OfficeFOURMILE CANYON
6 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-Boulder Districtnot named
3 September 2013Smokingunder an acreLefthand Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boulder County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 331 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 331 workings within 5 miles of Aspen Meadows: 205 past producers, 86 occurrences, 34 producers, 4 unknowns. 34 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten, Silver, Gold, Silver. 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
Clark TunnelTungsten, Silver, GoldUnknown
Gray CopperCopper, Gold, SilverPast Producer
J AlbineGold, Silver, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
KekiongaGold, Silver, TungstenPast Producer
LoganTungsten, Lead, Zinc, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Logan MineGold, Silver, Tungsten, Zinc, LeadProducerVein
Lucky Strike, Last NickelTungsten, Lead, ZincProducerFerberite, Galena
Marion MillUranium, VanadiumUnknown
Marion MillTin, REE, TungstenProducer
OgallaGold, Lead, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Boulder 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
Ridgewood0.9 miles25
Switzerland Park2.1 miles28
Saint Ann Highlands2.4 miles25
Sunnyside2.5 miles28
Lake Shore Park2.7 miles31
Wheelman2.8 miles29
Sugarloaf2.8 miles28
Magnolia2.8 miles31

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 197905. 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.