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Cimarron, Colorado

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Elizabeth census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80107. It stands on Gold Creek. The Survey maps it on the Russellville Gulch quadrangle.

Cimarron within Elbert County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 30 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

71 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Cimarron between 1993 and 2020, burning about 24 acres in total. 5 started naturally. None was 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/undetermined56
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersELIZABETH
9 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
31 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersELIZABETH
11 August 2013Naturalunder an acreFranktown Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
11 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersELIZABETH
11 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersELIZABETH
7 July 1994Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreDouglas Countynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elbert County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Cimarron: 10 producers, 3 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 unknown. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silver. 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
ClaypitClayProducer
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Ronk Creek Placer OccurrenceGold, SilverOccurrenceGold
Russellville Gulch PlacerGoldPast Producer1858
UnknownGoldPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Elbert 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
Pawnee Hills1.5 miles30
Elizabeth1.9 miles27
Ponderosa Park2.7 miles30
Prairie Trail Ranches6.6 miles30
Parker Highlands6.9 miles30
Kiowa8.8 miles15
Elbert11.7 miles25
Fondis18.4 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2088860. 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.