College Hills, Colorado
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the West Adams census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80031. The Survey maps it on the Lafayette quadrangle.
On record in College Hills
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Metzger Farmlisted 2013 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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
- 1940 USGS Lafayette quadrangle1:31680
- 1944 USGS Lafayette quadrangle1:31680
- 1953 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1956 USGS Lafayette quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Lafayette quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1983 USGS Denver West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
735 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 735 fires within 5 miles of College Hills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 126 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 29 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 | 614 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Smoking | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Fireworks | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | N/A |
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | WESTMINSTER |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | North Metro Fire Rescue District | N/A |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | North Metro Fire Rescue District | N/A |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | North Metro Fire Rescue District | UNKNOWN |
| 7 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | North Metro Fire Rescue District | UNKNOWN |
| 7 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Thornton Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | North Metro Fire Rescue District | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of College Hills: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory), Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Brannan Sand and Gravel Co Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Parkdale | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cozy Corner | 0.7 miles | 20 | |
| Cotton Creek | 0.9 miles | 20 | |
| Wandering View | 1.1 miles | 20 | |
| Westview | 1.8 miles | 20 | |
| Northborough Heights | 1.8 miles | 20 | |
| Kimberly Hills | 2.6 miles | 24 | |
| Sunset Ridge | 2.6 miles | 24 | |
| Northglenn | 2.6 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2108208. 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.









