BlockBig Elk Meadows, Colorado
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1984. It lies in ZIP code area 80540. It lies near Johnny Park. The Survey maps it on the Panorama Peak quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 24 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.
- 1905 USGS Mount Olympus quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1907 USGS Mount Olympus quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1907 USGS Mt. Olympus quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Panorama Peak quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1964 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Estes Park quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
119 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Big Elk Meadows between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,401 acres in total. 43 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 43 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | TAYLOR MOUNTAIN |
| 5 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | BUTTON ROCK II |
| 5 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-Boulder District | not named |
| 26 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | not named |
| 15 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | LYONS GULCH FIRE |
| 13 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-Boulder District | not named |
| 12 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | CR 47 |
| 1 September 2001 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | BUTTON ROCK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Big Elk Meadows: 3 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Fluorine-Fluorite, Stone, Dimension, Granite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bashor Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Colorado Rose Red Quarry | Granite | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Dimension | Producer | Granite | |
| Bashor Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | Fluorite | |
| Unknown | Gold | Occurrence | Gold | |
| Unknown | Gold | Occurrence | Gold |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Valley | 5.6 miles | 27 | |
| Meeker Park | 5.7 miles | 28 | |
| Riverside | 6.0 miles | 27 | |
| Ferncliff | 6.6 miles | 28 | |
| Arrowood | 6.7 miles | 28 | |
| Allenspark | 6.9 miles | 28 | |
| Balarat | 7.3 miles | 27 | |
| Raymond | 7.6 miles | 27 |
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 Q122570169 | The 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 177996. 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.