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Carmody Estates, Colorado

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Northeast Jefferson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80227. It stands on Weaver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fort Logan quadrangle.

Carmody Estates within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

1,085 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,085 fires within 5 miles of Carmody Estates between 2005 and 2020, burning about 5,500 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 44 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/undetermined873
Arson/incendiarism44
Equipment and vehicle use42
Smoking35
Natural19
Recreation and ceremony19
Fireworks18
Debris and open burning16
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes2

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
9 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 53 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 53 workings within 5 miles of Carmody Estates: 28 occurrences, 19 producers, 6 past producers. 19 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory), Uranium. 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
Four Corners MineUranium, Vanadium, MolybdenumPast Producer1954, 1955, 1960
Mann RanchRadium, Uranium, VanadiumPast Producer1954, 1955
Morrison QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Schmidt Constr IncSilicaProducer
Soda Lakes, Soda SpringsSodiumProducer
UnknownLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Unnamed Fe MineIronPast Producer1885
Mann RanchUranium, MolybdenumPast Producer1955, 1961
Pallaro LeaseUraniumOccurrenceCarnotite
Pallaro LeaseUraniumPast Producer1954, 1955

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Green Gables0.9 miles20
Green Mountain1.1 miles25
Westgate1.2 miles20
Green Mountain Village1.7 miles25
Lakewood2.5 miles20
College West Estates3.2 miles25
Spring Hill3.5 miles25
Mountain View Estates3.8 miles25

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 Q122563086The 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 2120004. 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.