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Crestview, 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 80138. The Survey maps it on the Ponderosa Park quadrangle.

Crestview 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

322 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 322 fires within 5 miles of Crestview between 1992 and 2020, burning about 185 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined209
Equipment and vehicle use28
Natural24
Arson/incendiarism17
Smoking15
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Other causes7
Recreation and ceremony5
Fireworks5
Debris and open burning2

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
8 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
8 September 1994Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreDouglas Countynot named
4 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouth Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
4 September 1994Naturalunder an acreDouglas Countynot named
3 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
3 September 2010Naturalunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
29 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Crestview: 2 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
ClaypitClayProducer
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
MadisClayPast Producer

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
Windy Hills1.4 miles30
Hidden Vilage1.6 miles30
Saddlebrook2.3 miles24
The Pinery2.4 miles30
Hilltop2.9 miles30
Pine Valley3.1 miles24
Homestead Hills3.2 miles24
Parker3.4 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2085640. 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.