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Dome Rock, Colorado

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the South Jefferson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80433. It lies near Long Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Platte Canyon quadrangle.

Dome Rock within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 27 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

198 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 198 fires within 5 miles of Dome Rock between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,848 acres in total. 104 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
Natural104
Missing data/not specified/undetermined73
Recreation and ceremony14
Smoking3
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestRUSSEL RIDGE
5 September 2018Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National Forest538
5 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Fork Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
4 September 2019Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestLONG SCRAGGY
29 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Fork Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
28 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Fork Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
28 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNorth Fork Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
27 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNorth Fork Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 61 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 61 workings within 5 miles of Dome Rock: 21 producers, 18 past producers, 15 occurrences, 7 unknowns. 21 still produce. What was taken out: Feldspar, Quartz, Feldspar, Quartz, REE. 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 Bear No. 2 MineFeldspar, REEPast ProducerMicrocline
Billiken and Black Knight LodesUranium, CopperOccurrence1900
Butte #1Feldspar, Quartz, Fluorine-FluoriteProducerFluorite, Quartz
Catherine #1 ClaimMica, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gemstone, Feldspar, QuartzOccurrenceFluorite, Mica, Quartz, Topaz
Cook PropertyCopper, Lead, ZincOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Sphalerite
Cooper QuarryQuartz, Feldspar, Uranium, Thorium, REEPast Producer1968
Cyrtolite-Bearing Pegmatite DeposiZirconiumProducer
Dazie Bell MineQuartz, Fluorine-Fluorite, REE, ManganesePast Producer1965
Delbert Claims #1 & 2Feldspar, Quartz, Mica, Fluorine-FluoriteProducerFeldspar, Fluorite, Mica, Quartz
Judy Ann MineQuartz, Mica, Feldspar, Fluorine-Fluorite, REEOccurrenceFluorite, Gadolinite, Muscovite, Quartz

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
Longview0.3 miles27
South Platte1.7 miles27
Foxton2.1 miles27
Ferndale3.3 miles33
Riverview4.1 miles33
Buffalo Creek4.6 miles33
Deermont6.0 miles23
Sphinx Park6.2 miles33

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 183326. 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.