Elsmere, Colorado

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Elsmere census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80915. The Survey maps it on the Elsmere quadrangle.

Elsmere within El Paso County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 32 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.

1893 USGS Colorado Springs quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1909 USGS Colorado Springs quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1942 USGS Colorado Springs quadrangle1:125000
1948 USGS Falcon quadrangle1:62500
1950 USGS Elsmere quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1951 USGS Falcon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1954 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Elsmere quadrangle1:24000, 9 printings
1962 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
1966 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Colorado Springs quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1989 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

1,126 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,126 fires within 5 miles of Elsmere between 1992 and 2020, burning about 736 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 10 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	993
Smoking	58
Equipment and vehicle use	21
Debris and open burning	17
Arson/incendiarism	10
Fireworks	10
Natural	9
Recreation and ceremony	5
Misuse of fire by a minor	3

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	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Colorado Springs Fire Department	UNKNOWN
9 September 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Colorado Springs Fire Department	UNKNOWN
9 September 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Colorado Springs Fire Department	UNKNOWN
8 September 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Falcon Fire Protection District	UNKNOWN
8 September 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Colorado Springs Fire Department	UNKNOWN
8 September 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Colorado Springs Fire Department	UNKNOWN
8 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters	not named
7 September 2010	Smoking	under an acre	Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Paso County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Elsmere: 7 producers, 3 occurrences. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Unknown	Clay	Occurrence	Clay
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	Sedimentary
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	Gravel

Every working recorded in El Paso 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Cimarron Hills	0.7 miles	32
Shirley	3.9 miles	30
Knob Hill	4.2 miles	32
Papeton	4.9 miles	32
Roswell	5.8 miles	32
Kelker	6.1 miles	32
Colorado Springs	6.2 miles	32
Stratton Meadows	6.8 miles	32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 193543. 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.