Echo Hills, Colorado
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Idaho Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80439. It lies near Mount Pence. The Survey maps it on the Saddleback Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 18 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.
- 1899 USGS West Denver quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Squaw Pass quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Denver West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
78 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Echo Hills between 1994 and 2020, burning about 78 acres in total. 9 started naturally. None 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/undetermined | 60 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | N/A |
| 6 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | RANCH |
| 27 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | WARRIOR MOUNTAIN |
| 24 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Evergreen Fire/Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 20 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Evergreen Fire/Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 17 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Clear Creek County Office | FREIGHT STATION |
| 17 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Evergreen Fire/Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 14 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Evergreen Fire/Rescue | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 53 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 53 workings within 5 miles of Echo Hills: 21 past producers, 18 producers, 11 occurrences, 2 prospects. 18 still produce. What was taken out: Feldspar, Beryllium, Gold, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Brook | Feldspar, Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Burroughs Feldspar Mine | Feldspar, Beryllium, Mica, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Bismuth, REE, Uranium, Thorium, Lithium | Past Producer | 1942, 1944 | |
| Capitol Central Mine | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | Galena, Sphalerite | |
| East Shaffer Hill Pegmatite | Feldspar, Tantalum, Copper, REE | Past Producer | 1938, 1945 | |
| Edwards | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Grover | Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium), REE, Tantalum, Mica, Feldspar | Producer | Beryl, Columbite, Feldspar, Mica, Monazite, Tantalite | |
| Grover | Uranium, REE, Zinc, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium), Beryllium, Garnet | Occurrence | Beryl, Columbite, Gahnite, Garnet, Monazite, Tantalite | |
| Grover | Feldspar, Beryllium, Mica, REE, Tantalum | Past Producer | ||
| Grover Mine | Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Beryllium, Mica | Occurrence | Beryl, Muscovite | |
| Grover Mine | Mica, Beryllium | Producer | Feldspar, Mica |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Witter Gulch | 1.1 miles | 18 | |
| Pine Valley | 1.4 miles | 18 | |
| Brookvale | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Blue Valley | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Argo Mill | 6.8 miles | 28 | |
| Idaho Springs | 7.1 miles | 28 | |
| Gilson Gulch | 7.9 miles | 27 | |
| Black Eagle Mill | 7.9 miles | 28 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2804566. 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.






