Country Acres, Colorado
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Parker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80116. The Survey maps it on the Ponderosa Park quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 30 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.
- 1894 USGS Castle Rock quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1913 USGS Castle Rock quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1939 USGS Elizabeth quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1945 USGS Elizabeth quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Ponderosa Park quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1983 USGS Castle Rock quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
79 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Country Acres between 1993 and 2020, burning about 3,053 acres in total. 13 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 | 51 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Douglas County | not named |
| 7 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 4 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Douglas County | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | ELIZABETH |
| 27 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | N/A |
| 20 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | N/A |
| 16 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Douglas County | not named |
| 16 September 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Douglas County | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Country Acres: 5 unknowns, 5 past producers, 4 occurrences, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronk Creek Placer Occurrence | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Gold | |
| Unnamed Gold Occurrence | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Unnamed Gold Occurrence | Silver, Gold | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Leonard Mine | Manganese | Occurrence | Psilomelane | |
| Leonard Mine | Manganese | Unknown | 1952 | |
| Russellville Gulch Placer | Gold | Past Producer | 1858 | |
| Unknown | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Franktown | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Village Pines | 1.9 miles | 30 | |
| Burning Tree Ranch | 2.4 miles | 30 | |
| Bayou Hills | 2.8 miles | 30 | |
| Franktown | 3.4 miles | 28 | |
| Hilltop | 4.4 miles | 30 | |
| Castlewood North | 4.7 miles | 28 | |
| The Pinery | 5.2 miles | 30 | |
| Hidden Vilage | 5.3 miles | 30 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2120680. 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.









