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Eastlake, Colorado

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the West Adams census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80241. The Survey maps it on the Eastlake quadrangle. It stands 5,269 feet above sea level.

Eastlake within Adams County

On record in Eastlake

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

687 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 687 fires within 5 miles of Eastlake between 1993 and 2020, burning about 188 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 38 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/undetermined559
Arson/incendiarism38
Smoking26
Equipment and vehicle use12
Recreation and ceremony12
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Debris and open burning11
Fireworks10
Natural6
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersWESTMINSTER
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreThornton Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Metro Fire Rescue DistrictN/A
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Metro Fire Rescue DistrictN/A
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Metro Fire Rescue DistrictUNKNOWN
7 September 2015Naturalunder an acreNorth Metro Fire Rescue DistrictUNKNOWN
7 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreThornton Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Adams County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Eastlake: 10 unknowns, 9 past producers, 8 producers, 2 occurrences. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. 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
Thornton PitSand and Gravel, Construction, GoldProducer1980
Adams County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Brannan Sand and Gravel Co PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Brannan Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Colorado Consolidated Rock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Colorado Consolidated Rock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Consolidated PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Consolidated Rock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cooley Gravel Co PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Cooley Gravel Co PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Adams 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
Northglenn3.0 miles24
Westview3.1 miles20
Quail Hill3.5 miles20
Cozy Corner3.5 miles20
Quimby3.6 miles28
Thornton3.9 miles28
College Hills3.9 miles20
Sunnyslope Estates4.4 miles20

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on EastlakeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5330706The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 184592. 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.