Beaver Point, Colorado
31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Estes Park census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80517. It stands on Beaver Brook. The Survey maps it on the Longs Peak quadrangle.
On record in Beaver Point
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 3 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Rocky Mountain National Park Administration BuildingNational Historic Landmark · listed 2001 · 0.9 miles away
Snogo Snow Plowlisted 2006 · 0.8 miles away
Rocky Mountain National Park Utility Area Historic Districtlisted 1982 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 31 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.
- 1915 USGS Longs Peak quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1915 USGS Rocky Mountain National Park quadrangle1:125000
- 1919 USGS Rocky Mountain National Park quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1954 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Longs Peak quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Longs Peak quadrangle1:24000, 8 printings
- 1964 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Estes Park quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
296 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 296 fires within 5 miles of Beaver Point between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,530 acres in total. 64 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 175 |
| Natural | 64 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 34 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Estes Valley Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 9 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Rocky Mountain National Park | FALL RIVER FIRE |
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Estes Valley Fire Protection District | N/A |
| 8 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Estes Valley Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Estes Valley Fire Protection District | N/A |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Estes Valley Fire Protection District | N/A |
| 6 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Estes Valley Fire Protection District | N/A |
| 6 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Estes Valley Fire Protection District | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Beaver Point: 1 producer, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Tantalum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estes Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mt Olympia Mine | Mica, Tantalum | Past Producer | ||
| Mt. Olympia | Mica | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Estes Park | 1.5 miles | 30 | |
| Olympus Heights | 3.3 miles | 23 | |
| Loveland Heights | 4.6 miles | 23 | |
| Glen Comfort | 5.9 miles | 23 | |
| Glen Haven | 8.0 miles | 23 | |
| Waltonia | 10.2 miles | 23 | |
| Pinewood Springs | 11.8 miles | 20 | |
| Drake | 11.8 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 177906. 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.











