Castle Pines, Colorado
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Sedalia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80108. The Survey maps it on the Sedalia quadrangle. 4,327 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,368 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 26 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.
- 1894 USGS Castle Rock quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1913 USGS Castle Rock quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1940 USGS Castle Rock quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Castle Rock quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Sedalia quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1983 USGS Castle Rock quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
252 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 252 fires within 5 miles of Castle Pines between 1992 and 2020, burning about 127 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 12 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 | 173 |
| Smoking | 17 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Fireworks | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Castle Rock Fire & Rescue Department | UNKNOWN |
| 6 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Castle Rock Fire & Rescue Department | N/A |
| 5 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 4 September 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Castle Rock Fire & Rescue Department | UNKNOWN |
| 4 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Castle Rock Fire & Rescue Department | UNKNOWN |
| 29 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 28 September 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Castle Rock Fire & Rescue Department | UNKNOWN |
| 27 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Metro Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Castle Pines: 8 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Clay, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Happy Canyon Creek Gold Occurrence | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Newlin Gulch | Feldspar | Past Producer | ||
| Newlin Gulch Placer | Gold | Occurrence | 1895 | |
| Ute Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Sedalia | Stone | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Pines North | 0.9 miles | 26 | |
| Beverly Hills | 1.5 miles | 26 | |
| Castle Pines Village | 1.8 miles | 26 | |
| Happy Canyon Ranches | 2.0 miles | 28 | |
| Happy Canyon | 2.1 miles | 28 | |
| Orsa | 2.6 miles | 26 | |
| Surrey Ridge | 2.8 miles | 26 | |
| Silver Heights | 3.2 miles | 28 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Castle Pines | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q15789007 | 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 1852840. 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.









