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Ferndale, Colorado

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the South Jefferson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80425. It stands on Buffalo Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pine quadrangle.

Ferndale within Jefferson County

On record in Ferndale

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 33 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

240 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 240 fires within 5 miles of Ferndale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,782 acres in total. 125 started naturally. 3 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
Natural125
Missing data/not specified/undetermined89
Recreation and ceremony17
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning2
Smoking1

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
8 September 2013Naturalunder an acreNorth Fork Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
7 September 2018Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestSANDY
5 September 2018Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National Forest538
5 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Fork Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
4 September 2019Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestLONG SCRAGGY
4 September 1994Natural2.0 acresPike and San Isabel National Forestnot named
3 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Fork Fire Protection DistrictN/A
29 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Fork Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 68 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 68 workings within 5 miles of Ferndale: 26 producers, 20 past producers, 14 occurrences, 8 unknowns. 26 still produce. What was taken out: Feldspar, Quartz, Fluorine-Fluorite, Feldspar, Quartz. 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
AlphaGoldPast Producer
Big Bear No. 2 MineFeldspar, REEPast ProducerMicrocline
Billiken and Black Knight LodesUranium, CopperOccurrence1900
Buffalo MineLead, Gold, Silver, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer1895, 1898
Butte #1Feldspar, Quartz, Fluorine-FluoriteProducerFluorite, Quartz
Catherine #1 ClaimMica, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gemstone, Feldspar, QuartzOccurrenceFluorite, Mica, Quartz, Topaz
Cook PropertyCopper, Lead, ZincOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Sphalerite
Cooper QuarryQuartz, Feldspar, Uranium, Thorium, REEPast Producer1968
Dazie Bell MineQuartz, Fluorine-Fluorite, REE, ManganesePast Producer1965
Delbert Claims #1 & 2Feldspar, Quartz, Mica, Fluorine-FluoriteProducerFeldspar, Fluorite, Mica, Quartz

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Riverview0.9 miles33
Buffalo Creek1.6 miles33
Foxton1.6 miles27
Dome Rock3.3 miles27
Longview3.4 miles27
Sphinx Park3.4 miles33
Pine Grove3.6 miles33
Indian Springs Village3.9 miles33

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 183306. 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.