Foxton, Colorado
27 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 80470. It lies near Kennedy Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Platte Canyon quadrangle. It stands 6,460 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 27 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.
- 1893 USGS Platte Canyon quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1945 USGS Platte Canyon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Platte Canyon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Platte Canyon quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Bailey quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Platte Canyon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
205 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 205 fires within 5 miles of Foxton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,760 acres in total. 107 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 107 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | SANDY |
| 5 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | 538 |
| 5 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | North Fork Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 4 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | LONG SCRAGGY |
| 3 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | North Fork Fire Protection District | N/A |
| 29 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | North Fork Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 28 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | North Fork Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 28 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | North Fork Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 64 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 64 workings within 5 miles of Foxton: 22 producers, 20 past producers, 14 occurrences, 8 unknowns. 22 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Big Bear No. 2 Mine | Feldspar, REE | Past Producer | Microcline | |
| Billiken and Black Knight Lodes | Uranium, Copper | Occurrence | 1900 | |
| Buffalo Mine | Lead, Gold, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1895, 1898 | |
| Butte #1 | Feldspar, Quartz, Fluorine-Fluorite | Producer | Fluorite, Quartz | |
| Catherine #1 Claim | Mica, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gemstone, Feldspar, Quartz | Occurrence | Fluorite, Mica, Quartz, Topaz | |
| Cook Property | Copper, Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Cooper Quarry | Quartz, Feldspar, Uranium, Thorium, REE | Past Producer | 1968 | |
| Cyrtolite-Bearing Pegmatite Deposi | Zirconium | Producer | ||
| Dazie Bell Mine | Quartz, Fluorine-Fluorite, REE, Manganese | Past Producer | 1965 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ferndale | 1.6 miles | 33 | |
| Dome Rock | 2.1 miles | 27 | |
| Longview | 2.3 miles | 27 | |
| Riverview | 2.5 miles | 33 | |
| Buffalo Creek | 3.2 miles | 33 | |
| South Platte | 3.6 miles | 27 | |
| Sphinx Park | 4.2 miles | 33 | |
| Indian Springs Village | 4.5 miles | 33 |
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 Foxton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5477234 | 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 204728. 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.









