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Boston Heights, Colorado

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the North Aurora census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80010. It stands on Toll Gate Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fitzsimons quadrangle.

Boston Heights within Adams County

On record in Boston Heights

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

11 surveys from 26 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

740 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 740 fires within 5 miles of Boston Heights between 1996 and 2020, burning about 259 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 28 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/undetermined587
Smoking40
Arson/incendiarism28
Equipment and vehicle use25
Fireworks19
Recreation and ceremony13
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Natural9
Debris and open burning6
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAurora Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAurora Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
6 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAurora Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAurora Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAurora Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
5 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAurora Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Adams County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Boston Heights: 3 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
H W Siddle Inc PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Superior Sand and Gravel Co PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Adams 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
Gateway Park0.5 miles26
Aurora1.4 miles26
Hillcrest Village1.6 miles26
Hillcrest1.9 miles26
Magnolia1.9 miles25
Sable1.9 miles25
Norfolk Glen2.7 miles26
Friendly Village3.3 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2354429. 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.