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.
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.
Eastlake Farmers Co-Operative Elevator Companylisted 2010 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 24 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.
- 1890 USGS East Denver quadrangle1:125000
- 1940 USGS Eastlake quadrangle1:31680
- 1944 USGS Eastlake quadrangle1:31680
- 1953 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Eastlake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Eastlake quadrangle1:24000, 8 printings
- 1981 USGS Denver East quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
687 since 1993Regional 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/undetermined | 559 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 38 |
| Smoking | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Fireworks | 10 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | WESTMINSTER |
| 8 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Thornton Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | North Metro Fire Rescue District | N/A |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | North Metro Fire Rescue District | N/A |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | North Metro Fire Rescue District | UNKNOWN |
| 7 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | North Metro Fire Rescue District | UNKNOWN |
| 7 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Thornton Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 29 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thornton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold | Producer | 1980 | |
| Adams County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Brannan Sand and Gravel Co Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Brannan Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Colorado Consolidated Rock Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Colorado Consolidated Rock Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Consolidated Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Consolidated Rock Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Cooley Gravel Co Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Cooley Gravel Co Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northglenn | 3.0 miles | 24 | |
| Westview | 3.1 miles | 20 | |
| Quail Hill | 3.5 miles | 20 | |
| Cozy Corner | 3.5 miles | 20 | |
| Quimby | 3.6 miles | 28 | |
| Thornton | 3.9 miles | 28 | |
| College Hills | 3.9 miles | 20 | |
| Sunnyslope Estates | 4.4 miles | 20 |
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 Eastlake | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5330706 | The 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.









