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Bark Ranch, Colorado

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Bald Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80481. It lies near Overland Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Gold Hill quadrangle. 202 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 8,500 feet above sea level.

Bark Ranch within Boulder County

Population over time

2 figures

Bark Ranch fell from 213 to 202 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
2010213
2020202-11 (-5%)

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

162 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 162 fires within 5 miles of Bark Ranch between 1992 and 2020, burning about 14,577 acres in total. 46 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined72
Natural46
Recreation and ceremony24
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Debris and open burning3
Smoking3
Fireworks2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
7 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-Boulder Districtnot named
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLefthand Fire Protection DistrictN/A
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandSLAUGHTERHOUSE
5 September 2013Natural1.0 acresLefthand Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
5 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandMT. ALTO
5 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandBUNCE SCHOOL
4 September 2015Naturalunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandBRAINARD ROAD
30 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAllenspark 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 339 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 339 workings within 5 miles of Bark Ranch: 196 past producers, 105 occurrences, 29 producers, 5 prospects. 29 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
ArgoUranium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Silver, Lead, CopperProducerVein
ArgoFluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Copper, Uranium, Lead, SilverPast ProducerFluorspar, Galena, Sphalerite, Pyrite, Tennantite, Chalcopyrite, Enargite
Beryl #2Niobium (Columbium), Feldspar, Beryllium, MicaProducerBeryl, Feldspar, Mica
Beryl No.1 & 2 ClaimsBeryllium, Mica, Niobium (Columbium), FeldsparPast Producer
Brainard Lake PlantCopper, Lead, ZincPast Producer
BuckhornGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Fluorine-FluoritePast ProducerPyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena
Buena MineSilver, Gold, Copper, Tungsten, Fluorine-FluoritePast ProducerKrennerite, Gold, Sylvanite, Petzite
Buena Vista Mine Nos 1-2-3Barium-BaritePast Producer
Cal-Wood Mica MineMica, FeldsparPast Producer
Castle GulchGemstone, 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
Hidden Lake2.1 miles28
Jamestown2.7 miles28
Raymond2.9 miles27
Peaceful Valley3.2 miles27
Balarat3.7 miles27
Rowena3.9 miles28
Riverside4.0 miles27
Gold Hill4.1 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.

Wikipedia article on Bark RanchAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4860870The 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 197808. 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.