Chipita Park, Colorado
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Pikes Peak census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80809. It lies near Sand Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Woodland Park quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 25 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 Pikes Peak quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Pikes Peak quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1901 USGS Pikes Peak quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Woodland Park quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Pikes Peak quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Woodland Park quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
188 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 188 fires within 5 miles of Chipita Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 19,040 acres in total. 47 started naturally. 6 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 | 77 |
| Natural | 47 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 42 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | EAGLE LAKE |
| 6 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | CAMP #1 |
| 3 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | MISTLETOE |
| 28 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | 950 |
| 28 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.8 acres | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | WALDO CANYON |
| 27 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Falcon Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 27 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | 300M |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Chipita Park: 8 past producers, 6 producers, 2 unknowns, 2 occurrences. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Fluorine-Fluorite, Quartz. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avengers | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Camp Creek Mine | Silver, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Green Mountain Falls District | Iron, Manganese, Gold, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1904, 1958 | |
| Holly #1 | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Iron King Mine | Lead, Gold, Zinc, Manganese | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Unknown | Vermiculite | Unknown | ||
| Cascade-Ute Pass | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | Fluorite | |
| Cascade-Ute Pass | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | ||
| Navajo | Quartz | Producer | ||
| Navajo | Quartz | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chipita Park in 9 storm reports between 2003 and 2021: 4 flash flood, 3 hail, 1 lightning, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2003 | Lightning | Chipita Park | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Flash Flood | Chipita Park | $15,000,000 | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Heavy Rain | Chipita Park | - | Heavy rainfall of 2.33 inches. |
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | Chipita Park | - | Heavy rain on the Waldo Canyon burn scar caused flooding on US Highway 24, along with mud flows. The flooding extended down to Waldo Canyon and into Manitou Springs. |
| July 2012 | Flash Flood | Chipita Park | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Flash Flood | Chipita Park | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Chipita Park | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Chipita Park | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Chipita Park | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cascade | 2.6 miles | 34 | |
| Minnehaha | 5.7 miles | 37 | |
| Midway | 5.9 miles | 37 | |
| Old Mountain View (historical) | 6.3 miles | 37 | |
| Manitou Springs | 6.5 miles | 37 | |
| Glen Eyrie | 6.9 miles | 34 | |
| Pikeview | 9.8 miles | 32 | |
| Roswell | 10.5 miles | 32 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 203531. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.











