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Coal Creek, Colorado

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1983. It lies in ZIP code area 80403. The Survey maps it on the Tungsten quadrangle.

Coal Creek within Boulder County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 25 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

141 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 141 fires within 5 miles of Coal Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,117 acres in total. 32 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined77
Natural32
Recreation and ceremony21
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism2
Debris and open burning1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
9 September 1993Naturalunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-Boulder Districtnot named
20 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCoal Creek Canyon Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
17 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCoal Creek Canyon Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
15 September 2000Natural1,087 acresRoyal Gorge Field OfficeELDORADO
14 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGilpin CountyUNKNOWN
12 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCoal Creek Canyon Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
10 September 1997Smokingunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandWATERFALL
10 September 1993Naturalunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grasslandnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boulder County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Coal Creek: 10 occurrences, 5 past producers, 3 producers, 2 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten, Uranium, Stone. 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
B Gilman Ranch PegmatiteFeldsparProducer
Bankers Lode ClaimCopper, UraniumOccurrenceChalcocite
Coal CreekFluorine-FluoriteProducer
Johnson MineClayProducer
R. Gilman Ranch PegmatiteMica, FeldsparOccurrenceMicrocline, Muscovite
Strang PegmatiteQuartz, Feldspar, Mica, REEOccurrenceMicrocline, Muscovite, Quartz
UnknownFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
Unnamed Cu ProspectCopperOccurrenceChalcocite, Malachite
Golder-Passarella ClaimsUraniumProspect
North Star MineUraniumPast Producer1952

Every working recorded in Boulder 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
Crescent Village1.3 miles31
Copperdale1.6 miles31
Wondervu1.6 miles25
Miramonte1.7 miles31
Crescent2.4 miles31
Lake Shore Park3.7 miles31
Ridgewood4.8 miles25
Aspen Meadows5.2 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1852841. 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.