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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.

Country Acres within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 30 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

79 since 1993

Regional 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/undetermined51
Natural13
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
Other causes1

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 1994Naturalunder an acreDouglas Countynot named
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
4 September 1994Naturalunder an acreDouglas Countynot named
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersELIZABETH
27 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
20 September 2019Naturalunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
16 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDouglas Countynot named
16 September 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreDouglas Countynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ronk Creek Placer OccurrenceGold, SilverOccurrenceGold
Unnamed Gold OccurrenceGold, SilverOccurrencePlacer
Unnamed Gold OccurrenceSilver, GoldOccurrencePlacer
Leonard MineManganeseOccurrencePsilomelane
Leonard MineManganeseUnknown1952
Russellville Gulch PlacerGoldPast Producer1858
UnknownGoldPast Producer
FranktownSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

Every working recorded in Douglas 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
Village Pines1.9 miles30
Burning Tree Ranch2.4 miles30
Bayou Hills2.8 miles30
Franktown3.4 miles28
Hilltop4.4 miles30
Castlewood North4.7 miles28
The Pinery5.2 miles30
Hidden Vilage5.3 miles30

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.