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Country West, Colorado

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Northeast Jefferson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80127. It lies near Weaver Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Indian Hills quadrangle.

Country West within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 23 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

503 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 503 fires within 5 miles of Country West between 2003 and 2020, burning about 5,375 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 27 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/undetermined392
Arson/incendiarism27
Smoking23
Natural14
Equipment and vehicle use12
Recreation and ceremony10
Fireworks9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Debris and open burning7
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueN/A
5 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
4 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLittleton Fire RescueUNKNOWN
4 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLittleton Fire RescueUNKNOWN
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersLITTLETON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 53 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 53 workings within 5 miles of Country West: 26 occurrences, 19 producers, 6 past producers, 2 unknowns. 19 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Deer Creek MineGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Four Corners MineUranium, Vanadium, MolybdenumPast Producer1954, 1955, 1960
Iowa Gulch PegmatiteQuartzProducer
Mann RanchRadium, Uranium, VanadiumPast Producer1954, 1955
No Name PegmatiteFeldsparProducer
Rock Products No 2StoneProducer
Schmidt Constr IncSilicaProducer
UnknownLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Deer Creek South Pit QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Jefferson County Iron MinesIronOccurrence1880

Every working 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
Bellevue Acres0.5 miles23
West Meadows0.8 miles23
Spring Hill1.4 miles25
Willow Brook2.1 miles23
Willow Springs2.6 miles23
Ken Caryl Ranch North2.6 miles23
The Ridge At Stony Creek3.1 miles21
Ken Caryl3.2 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2354979. 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.