Crescent, 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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 31 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.
- 1899 USGS West Denver quadrangle1:125000
- 1906 USGS Blackhawk quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1942 USGS Eldorado Springs quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1944 USGS Eldorado Springs quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Eldorado Springs quadrangle1:24000, 8 printings
- 1983 USGS Denver West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
143 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Crescent between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,535 acres in total. 32 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/undetermined | 79 |
| Natural | 32 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-Boulder District | not named |
| 7 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | HAWKINS |
| 20 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Coal Creek Canyon Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 18 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Coal Creek Canyon Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 17 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Coal Creek Canyon Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 15 September 2000 | Natural | 1,087 acres | Royal Gorge Field Office | ELDORADO |
| 12 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Coal Creek Canyon Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 10 September 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | WATERFALL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 89 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 89 workings within 5 miles of Crescent: 53 past producers, 19 occurrences, 14 producers, 3 unknowns. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankers Lode Claim | Copper, Uranium | Occurrence | Chalcocite | |
| Coal Creek | Fluorine-Fluorite | Producer | ||
| Eldorado Springs | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Jay Bird | Tungsten, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Kekionga | Gold, Silver, Tungsten | Past Producer | ||
| Kekionga-Magnolia Vein | Gold, Tungsten | Producer | Vein | |
| North Star Mine | Uranium | Past Producer | 1952 | |
| Table Mesa Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Cu Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | Chalcocite, Malachite | |
| Golden Eagle | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crescent in 2 storm reports between 2007 and 2009: 2 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copperdale | 1.0 miles | 31 | |
| Crescent Village | 1.1 miles | 31 | |
| Miramonte | 1.6 miles | 31 | |
| Coal Creek | 2.4 miles | 25 | |
| Lake Shore Park | 2.5 miles | 31 | |
| Wondervu | 2.8 miles | 25 | |
| Eldorado Springs | 3.5 miles | 31 | |
| Magnolia | 4.7 miles | 31 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 181200. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.









