Castlewood, Colorado
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Southwest Arapahoe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80112. The Survey maps it on the Highlands Ranch quadrangle. 25,567 people lived here at the 2000 count. It stands 5,728 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1890 USGS East Denver quadrangle1:125000
- 1935 USGS East Denver Nos. 3 and 4 quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Highland Ranch quadrangle1:31680
- 1949 USGS Highland Ranch quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Highlands Ranch quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Highlands Ranch quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Highlands Ranch quadrangle1:24000, 8 printings
- 1981 USGS Denver East quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
549 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 549 fires within 5 miles of Castlewood between 1994 and 2020, burning about 143 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 14 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 | 429 |
| Smoking | 37 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Fireworks | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Metro Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 9 September 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | South Metro Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 7 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | South Metro Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 4 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Metro Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 3 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 3 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Castlewood: 7 occurrences, 7 producers, 6 unknowns, 2 past producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Dry Creek Placers | Gold | Occurrence | 1858 | |
| Big Dry Creek Placers | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Cherry Creek Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Cherry Creek Placers | Gold | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willow Creek | 0.9 miles | 26 | |
| Centennial | 1.3 miles | 26 | |
| Palos Verdes | 1.7 miles | 26 | |
| Inverness | 2.2 miles | 24 | |
| Cherry Knolls | 2.7 miles | 26 | |
| Southglenn | 2.7 miles | 26 | |
| Southfield Park | 3.3 miles | 24 | |
| Greenwood Village | 3.5 miles | 26 |
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 Castlewood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2694753 | 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 1867078. 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.











