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Conifer, Colorado

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the South Jefferson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80433. It stands on Casto Creek. The Survey maps it on the Conifer quadrangle. It stands 8,278 feet above sea level.

Conifer within Jefferson County

On record in Conifer

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 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 21 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

110 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Conifer between 1998 and 2020, burning about 61 acres in total. 8 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/undetermined98
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Fireworks1

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
4 September 2019Naturalunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
17 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
12 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestMAXWELL FALLS
3 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
19 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersCONIFER
18 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreInter-Canyon Fire RescueN/A
14 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreInter-Canyon Fire RescueUNKNOWN
8 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersEVERGREEN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Conifer: 5 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Clay. 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
AnnieGoldPast Producer
Babe of the WoodsCadmium, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer1876
Becky SharpCopper, Gold, Lead, Silver, ZincPast ProducerUnderground
Evergreen MeadowsStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Idealite MineClayPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
ArlingtonGold, SilverUnknown1875
BarkerGold, SilverPast Producer1860

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

19 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Conifer in 19 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 17 hail, 2 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2007LightningConifer$5,000Lightning struck a residence in Evergreen.
August 2025HailConifer-no account filed
August 2025HailConifer-no account filed
August 2025HailConifer-no account filed
June 2023HailConifer-no account filed
August 2016HailConifer-no account filed
August 2014HailConifer-no account filed
June 2006HailConifer-no account filed
August 2006HailConifer-no account filed
August 2006HailConifer-no account filed
June 2004HailConifer-no account filed
June 2004HailConifer-no account filed
June 2004HailConifer-no account filed
July 2003HailConifer-no account filed
June 2001HailConifer-no account filed
June 2001HailConifer-no account filed
June 2001HailConifer-no account filed
August 2001HailConifer-no account filed
May 1996LightningConifer-no account filed

Every storm 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
Green Valley Acres1.4 miles21
Aspen Park1.4 miles21
Broken Arrow Acres1.7 miles21
Oehlmann Park2.4 miles21
Sky Village3.7 miles23
Doubleheader Ranch4.1 miles23
Shaffers Crossing4.4 miles33
Glenelk4.8 miles33

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on ConiferAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5161057The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 204717. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.