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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.

Glen Eden within Routt County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 20 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

27 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2
Debris and open burning1

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
6 September 2002Naturalunder an acreMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National GrasslandGREENVILLE
26 September 2010Smoking8.0 acresMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National GrasslandCOULTON
23 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland471
2 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Routt Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
15 September 2000Smoking95 acresMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National GrasslandPEARL
13 September 2000Naturalunder an acreMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National GrasslandOAK CREEK
8 August 2002Naturalunder an acreMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National GrasslandWILLOW CREEK
29 August 2009Naturalunder an acreMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National GrasslandTAYLOR CANYON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Routt County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Greenville MineZinc, Copper, Gold, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Greenville ShaftLead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, CopperProspect
UnknownZinc, Copper, LeadOccurrence
Blackburn, El Capitan, Ben Harrison PlacersGoldOccurrencePlacer
Gate, Jgb, Grover Clevland, Ben Harrison, El Capitan PlacersGoldOccurrencePlacer

Every working recorded in Routt 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
Clark0.8 miles20
Columbine9.8 miles20
Mad Creek10.5 miles18
Mystic11.0 miles18
Slavonia12.1 miles23
Steamboat II14.4 miles18
Elkhead16.2 miles21
Steamboat Springs16.6 miles12

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.