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Cross Creek, Colorado

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the East Arapahoe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80018. The Survey maps it on the Coal Creek quadrangle.

Cross Creek within Arapahoe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

254 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 254 fires within 5 miles of Cross Creek between 2010 and 2020, burning about 465 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 20 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/undetermined192
Arson/incendiarism20
Fireworks11
Smoking11
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
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
9 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAurora Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAurora Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAurora Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
5 September 2017Smokingunder an acreAurora Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersAURORA
4 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAurora Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Arapahoe County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Cross Creek: 7 unknowns, 5 occurrences, 3 producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Buckley Field Mn DepositManganeseProspect1952
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitsSand 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
Thunderbird Estates0.5 miles23
Gun Club Estates1.5 miles23
Side Creek3.8 miles26
Kirkgaard Acres4.2 miles26
Aurora Highlands4.4 miles26
Somerset Village4.6 miles26
Tollgate4.6 miles26
Aurora Knolls4.6 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2354580. 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.