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Coventry, Colorado

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Southwest Arapahoe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80123. It lies near Lee Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Littleton quadrangle.

Coventry within Arapahoe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

725 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 725 fires within 5 miles of Coventry between 1996 and 2020, burning about 5,376 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 22 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/undetermined584
Smoking41
Equipment and vehicle use23
Arson/incendiarism22
Natural16
Recreation and ceremony11
Fireworks11
Debris and open burning8
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Railroad operations and maintenance2
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 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreDenver Fire DepartmentN/A
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 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDenver Fire DepartmentN/A
4 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLittleton Fire RescueUNKNOWN
4 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLittleton Fire RescueUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Arapahoe County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 44 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 44 workings within 5 miles of Coventry: 19 occurrences, 13 producers, 11 unknowns, 1 past producer. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Gold. 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
Big Dry Creek PlacersGoldOccurrence1858
Deer Creek MineGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
UnknownClayOccurrenceClay
UnknownClayOccurrenceClay
UnknownClayProducer
Brannan Pit No 12Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Central Construction PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Chatfield PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Clarke PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Arapahoe 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
Columbine Lakes0.3 miles21
Columbine Heights0.6 miles21
Columbine Valley1.0 miles21
Hillside Manor1.2 miles21
Columbine Manor1.3 miles21
Bow Mar1.6 miles20
Littleton1.9 miles21
Ridgewood Park2.0 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2354569. 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.