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Browns Corner, Colorado

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Loveland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80537. The Survey maps it on the Loveland quadrangle.

Browns Corner within Larimer County

On record in Browns Corner

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 28 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

348 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 348 fires within 5 miles of Browns Corner between 2011 and 2020, burning about 93 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined296
Smoking17
Recreation and ceremony7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Fireworks5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism2
Debris and open burning2
Natural1
Other causes1

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
6 September 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreLoveland Fire & Rescue DepartmentUNKNOWN
6 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersLOVELAND
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLoveland Fire & Rescue DepartmentUNKNOWN
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersLOVELAND
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersLOVELAND
25 September 2018Naturalunder an acreLoveland Fire & Rescue DepartmentUNKNOWN
24 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLoveland Fire & Rescue DepartmentUNKNOWN
23 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLoveland Fire & Rescue DepartmentUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Larimer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Browns Corner: 10 past producers, 9 producers, 8 occurrences, 1 plant. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
(Facility) Loveland Sugar Refinery QuarryCalciumPlant
Mineral ConcentratesBerylliumPast Producer
Mountain State MillGoldPast Producer
UnknownFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
UnknownClayOccurrence
Boyd LakeStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Loveland Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
U.S.Gypsum Quarry M.Y.M.Gypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
UnknownGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrenceSedimentary
LovelandStoneProducer

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
Loveland1.1 miles28
Kings Corner2.2 miles28
Campion4.1 miles32
Redmond5.0 miles28
Kelim5.7 miles21
Trilby Corner6.1 miles28
Berthoud6.9 miles32
Berts Corner7.3 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 177715. 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.