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Copperdale, Colorado

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Bald Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80403. It lies near Sawmill Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Eldorado Springs quadrangle.

Copperdale within Boulder County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 31 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

137 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Copperdale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,450 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined74
Natural33
Recreation and ceremony21
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
7 September 1994Naturalunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandHAWKINS
20 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCoal Creek Canyon Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
18 September 2013Missing 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
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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boulder County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 36 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Copperdale: 12 past producers, 11 occurrences, 9 producers, 3 unknowns. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Clay, Uranium, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Eldorado SpringsGeothermalUnknown
Mena MineUranium, Iron, Molybdenum, Silver, Zinc, Bismuth, Nickel, Copper, LeadPast Producer1949, 1956, 1962
Mtn. Lion-KeystoneMolybdenumOccurrenceMolybdenite
North Star MineCopper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, UraniumPast Producer1895
R. Gilman Ranch PegmatiteMica, FeldsparOccurrenceMicrocline, Muscovite
Rock PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
QuarryStoneUnknown

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 Village0.7 miles31
Crescent1.0 miles31
Coal Creek1.6 miles25
Miramonte1.7 miles31
Wondervu2.5 miles25
Lake Shore Park3.2 miles31
Eldorado Springs4.0 miles31
Ridgewood5.3 miles25

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.

Wikidata item Q122558803The 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 181165. 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.