Dover, Colorado
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Ault census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80612. The Survey maps it on the Dover quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 17 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.
- 1908 USGS Eaton quadrangle1:125000
- 1910 USGS Eaton quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Dover quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Eaton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Dover quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
29 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Dover between 1992 and 2018, burning about 824 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nunn Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | NUNN |
| 4 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 29 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 26 September 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Weld County | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 13 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 9 July 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 78 acres | Weld County | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Dover: 3 producers, 2 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Uranium Occurrence | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel |
Storms near this place
10 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dover in 10 storm reports between 2009 and 2014: 8 hail, 2 tornado. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Dover | - | A small tornado touched down but did no damage. |
| May 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Dover | - | A tornado touched down in open country. No damage was reported. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Dover | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Dover | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Dover | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Dover | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Dover | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Dover | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Dover | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Dover | - | no account filed |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 171168. 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.










