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Bear Valley, Colorado

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Denver census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80227. The Survey maps it on the Fort Logan quadrangle.

Bear Valley within Denver County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

1,033 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,033 fires within 5 miles of Bear Valley between 2008 and 2020, burning about 5,333 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 39 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/undetermined859
Arson/incendiarism39
Smoking35
Equipment and vehicle use29
Fireworks15
Natural15
Debris and open burning14
Recreation and ceremony12
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Railroad operations and maintenance2
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
9 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
9 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
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 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreDenver Fire DepartmentN/A
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDenver Fire DepartmentN/A
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueN/A
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Denver County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 35 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Bear Valley: 13 occurrences, 11 producers, 7 unknowns, 4 past producers. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), Sodium. 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
Allied Chemical CorpSulfurProducer
Mexican DiggingsGoldPast Producer1858
Soda Lakes, Soda SpringsSodiumProducer
UnknownFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
Lakewood PlantClayProducer
Robinson Brick & Tile Co., Plant 1ClayProducer
UnknownClayOccurrenceClay
UnknownClayOccurrenceClay
Central Construction PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Clarke PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Denver 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
Bear Valley Heights1.1 miles20
College View2.1 miles20
Ruby Hill3.1 miles20
Wellshire4.9 miles27
University Park5.0 miles27
University Hills6.0 miles27
Alamo Placita6.0 miles27
Westside Neighborhood6.1 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2117939. 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.