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Bellevue Acres, Colorado

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Northeast Jefferson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80127. It lies near Weaver Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Indian Hills quadrangle.

Bellevue Acres within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 23 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

485 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 485 fires within 5 miles of Bellevue Acres between 2003 and 2020, burning about 5,380 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 27 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/undetermined374
Arson/incendiarism27
Smoking22
Natural14
Equipment and vehicle use12
Recreation and ceremony10
Fireworks9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Debris and open burning7
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueN/A
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
4 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLittleton Fire RescueUNKNOWN
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersLITTLETON
4 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 49 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 49 workings within 5 miles of Bellevue Acres: 26 occurrences, 16 producers, 6 past producers, 1 prospect. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Blackstone ClaimUranium, Radium, VanadiumProspect
Deer Creek MineGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Fenders-Magnotte PegFeldspar, Mica, Quartz, Garnet, GemstoneOccurrenceGarnet, Muscovite, Plagioclase, Quartz, Tourmaline
Four Corners MineUranium, Vanadium, MolybdenumPast Producer1954, 1955, 1960
Iowa Gulch PegmatiteQuartzProducer
Mann RanchRadium, Uranium, VanadiumPast Producer1954, 1955
Morrison QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
No Name PegmatiteFeldsparProducer
Schmidt Constr IncSilicaProducer
UnknownLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Country West0.5 miles23
West Meadows1.0 miles23
Spring Hill1.0 miles25
Willow Brook1.8 miles23
Willow Springs2.2 miles23
Ken Caryl Ranch North2.4 miles23
The Valley3.4 miles23
Morrison3.4 miles25

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.

Wikidata item Q122595426The 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 2354978. 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.