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.
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.
William H. McCreery Houselisted 2001 · 0.8 miles away
Maude Stanfield Harter Borland Houselisted 2004 · 1.0 miles away- Kelley Houselisted 2019 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 28 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.
- 1906 USGS Loveland quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1908 USGS Loveland quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1954 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Loveland quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Loveland quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1964 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Estes Park quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
348 since 2011Regional 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/undetermined | 296 |
| Smoking | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Loveland Fire & Rescue Department | UNKNOWN |
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | LOVELAND |
| 5 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Loveland Fire & Rescue Department | UNKNOWN |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | LOVELAND |
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | LOVELAND |
| 25 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Loveland Fire & Rescue Department | UNKNOWN |
| 24 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Loveland Fire & Rescue Department | UNKNOWN |
| 23 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Loveland Fire & Rescue Department | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 28 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Loveland Sugar Refinery Quarry | Calcium | Plant | ||
| Mineral Concentrates | Beryllium | Past Producer | ||
| Mountain State Mill | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Boyd Lake | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Loveland Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| U.S.Gypsum Quarry M.Y.M. | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Loveland | Stone | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loveland | 1.1 miles | 28 | |
| Kings Corner | 2.2 miles | 28 | |
| Campion | 4.1 miles | 32 | |
| Redmond | 5.0 miles | 28 | |
| Kelim | 5.7 miles | 21 | |
| Trilby Corner | 6.1 miles | 28 | |
| Berthoud | 6.9 miles | 32 | |
| Berts Corner | 7.3 miles | 32 |
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.










