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Deermont, Colorado

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

Deermont 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

56 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Deermont between 1996 and 2020, burning about 324 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined29
Natural18
Equipment and vehicle use3
Fireworks2
Recreation and ceremony1
Debris and open burning1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
30 September 2001Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestWATERTON
27 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNorth Fork Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
27 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
14 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
22 August 2002Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestTURKS HEAD
20 August 1996Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestWATERTON
17 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
16 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreInter-Canyon Fire RescueUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Deermont: 15 producers, 9 occurrences, 6 past producers, 1 unknown. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Uranium, Feldspar. 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
Bigger Mica MineFeldspar, Mica, Beryllium, Uranium, Bismuth, Niobium (Columbium), REE, Tin, TantalumPast Producer1884, 1935
Bigger Mica MineFeldspar, Quartz, BerylliumPast Producer
Cook PropertyCopper, Lead, ZincOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Sphalerite
Deer Creek MineGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Fenders-Magnotte PegFeldspar, Mica, Quartz, Garnet, GemstoneOccurrenceGarnet, Muscovite, Plagioclase, Quartz, Tourmaline
Kennedy Gulch Magnetite DepositIronOccurrenceMagnetite
Qualla and Young Sampson LodesCopper, Zinc, Silver, Lead, GoldOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite
Rock Products No 2StoneProducer
Thomas-Union LodesQuartz, Feldspar, Mica, Garnet, GemstoneProducerApatite, Garnet, Muscovite, Quartz
Thomas-Union Lodes PegmatiteMica, Feldspar, QuartzProducer

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
Phillipsburg2.1 miles23
Homewood Park2.5 miles23
Oehlmann Park4.0 miles21
Sky Village4.5 miles23
Homestead4.5 miles23
The Valley4.8 miles23
Doubleheader Ranch4.8 miles23
Fenders4.9 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 182577. 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.