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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1899 USGS West Denver quadrangle1:125000
- 1906 USGS Blackhawk quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1942 USGS Tungsten quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1944 USGS Tungsten quadrangle1:31680
- 1953 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Tungsten quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Denver West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
141 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 77 |
| Natural | 32 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 21 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-Boulder District | not named |
| 20 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Coal Creek Canyon Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 17 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Coal Creek Canyon Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 15 September 2000 | Natural | 1,087 acres | Royal Gorge Field Office | ELDORADO |
| 14 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Gilpin County | UNKNOWN |
| 12 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Coal Creek Canyon Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 10 September 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | WATERFALL |
| 10 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B Gilman Ranch Pegmatite | Feldspar | Producer | ||
| Bankers Lode Claim | Copper, Uranium | Occurrence | Chalcocite | |
| Coal Creek | Fluorine-Fluorite | Producer | ||
| Johnson Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| R. Gilman Ranch Pegmatite | Mica, Feldspar | Occurrence | Microcline, Muscovite | |
| Strang Pegmatite | Quartz, Feldspar, Mica, REE | Occurrence | Microcline, Muscovite, Quartz | |
| Unknown | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Cu Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | Chalcocite, Malachite | |
| Golder-Passarella Claims | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| North Star Mine | Uranium | Past Producer | 1952 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crescent Village | 1.3 miles | 31 | |
| Copperdale | 1.6 miles | 31 | |
| Wondervu | 1.6 miles | 25 | |
| Miramonte | 1.7 miles | 31 | |
| Crescent | 2.4 miles | 31 | |
| Lake Shore Park | 3.7 miles | 31 | |
| Ridgewood | 4.8 miles | 25 | |
| Aspen Meadows | 5.2 miles | 25 |
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.









