Broken Arrow Acres, Colorado
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the South Jefferson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80433. The Survey maps it on the Conifer quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 21 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.
- 1899 USGS West Denver quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Conifer quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Conifer quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1983 USGS Denver West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
94 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Broken Arrow Acres between 1998 and 2020, burning about 92 acres in total. 7 started naturally. None 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 | 83 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 17 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 12 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | MAXWELL FALLS |
| 31 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | PINE |
| 3 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 19 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | CONIFER |
| 18 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Inter-Canyon Fire Rescue | N/A |
| 7 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | CONIFER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Broken Arrow Acres: 5 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, Stone, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annie | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Babe of the Woods | Cadmium, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | 1876 | |
| Becky Sharp | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | Underground | |
| Evergreen Meadows | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Idealite Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Arlington | Gold, Silver | Unknown | 1875 | |
| Barker | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | 1860 | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Valley Acres | 0.8 miles | 21 | |
| Conifer | 1.7 miles | 21 | |
| Shaffers Crossing | 2.8 miles | 33 | |
| Aspen Park | 3.0 miles | 21 | |
| Glenelk | 3.2 miles | 33 | |
| Oehlmann Park | 3.7 miles | 21 | |
| Pine Junction | 4.5 miles | 29 | |
| Indian Springs Village | 4.9 miles | 33 |
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 Q122551141 | 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 202933. 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.







