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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.

Beaver Point within Larimer County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 31 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

296 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined175
Natural64
Recreation and ceremony34
Equipment and vehicle use9
Debris and open burning4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1

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 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEstes Valley Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
9 September 2009Naturalunder an acreRocky Mountain National ParkFALL RIVER FIRE
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEstes Valley Fire Protection DistrictN/A
8 September 2018Naturalunder an acreEstes Valley Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEstes Valley Fire Protection DistrictN/A
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEstes Valley Fire Protection DistrictN/A
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEstes Valley Fire Protection DistrictN/A
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEstes Valley Fire Protection DistrictN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Larimer County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Estes PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mt Olympia MineMica, TantalumPast Producer
Mt. OlympiaMicaOccurrence

Every working recorded in Larimer 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
Estes Park1.5 miles30
Olympus Heights3.3 miles23
Loveland Heights4.6 miles23
Glen Comfort5.9 miles23
Glen Haven8.0 miles23
Waltonia10.2 miles23
Pinewood Springs11.8 miles20
Drake11.8 miles23

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.