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Cliffdale, Colorado

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the South Jefferson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80421. It lies near Roland Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Bailey quadrangle.

Cliffdale within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 29 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

152 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 152 fires within 5 miles of Cliffdale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,017 acres in total. 48 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/undetermined86
Natural48
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Firearms and explosives use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1

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
8 September 2019Naturalunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
8 September 2013Naturalunder an acreNorth Fork Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
7 September 2018Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestSANDY
4 September 1994Natural2.0 acresPike and San Isabel National Forestnot named
3 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Fork Fire Protection DistrictN/A
3 September 1998Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestDENNY'S FIRST IN 98
29 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
27 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlatte Canyon Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Cliffdale: 6 past producers, 5 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Nickel, Lead, Gold, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite, Beryllium. 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
AlphaGoldPast Producer
Becky SharpCopper, Gold, Lead, Silver, ZincPast ProducerUnderground
Buffalo MineLead, Gold, Silver, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer1895, 1898
Butterfield MineREE, Niobium (Columbium), TantalumPast ProducerFergusonite
Ruble ClaimsBeryllium, Copper, Feldspar, NickelPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
UnknownStoneUnknown
Osirio MineNickelOccurrenceReplacement
Osirio MineNickelPast Producer
Osiris PropertyNickelProducer

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
Crossons0.8 miles29
Wandcrest Park2.1 miles29
Pine Grove2.8 miles33
Indian Springs Village3.4 miles33
Sphinx Park3.4 miles33
Glenelk3.9 miles33
Pine Junction4.1 miles29
Shaffers Crossing4.8 miles33

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 183266. 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.