Glen Eden, Colorado
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Steamboat Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80428. It lies near Cottonwood Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Clark quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 20 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.
- 1911 USGS Hahns Peak quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1913 USGS Hahns Peak quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Clark quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1962 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Walden quadrangle1:100000
- 2000 USGS Clark quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
27 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Glen Eden between 1992 and 2018, burning about 121 acres in total. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | GREENVILLE |
| 26 September 2010 | Smoking | 8.0 acres | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | COULTON |
| 23 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | 471 |
| 2 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | North Routt Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 15 September 2000 | Smoking | 95 acres | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | PEARL |
| 13 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | OAK CREEK |
| 8 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | WILLOW CREEK |
| 29 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | TAYLOR CANYON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Glen Eden: 3 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenville Mine | Zinc, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Greenville Shaft | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Unknown | Zinc, Copper, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Blackburn, El Capitan, Ben Harrison Placers | Gold | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Gate, Jgb, Grover Clevland, Ben Harrison, El Capitan Placers | Gold | Occurrence | Placer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clark | 0.8 miles | 20 | |
| Columbine | 9.8 miles | 20 | |
| Mad Creek | 10.5 miles | 18 | |
| Mystic | 11.0 miles | 18 | |
| Slavonia | 12.1 miles | 23 | |
| Steamboat II | 14.4 miles | 18 | |
| Elkhead | 16.2 miles | 21 | |
| Steamboat Springs | 16.6 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 172284. 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.











