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Glen Eyrie, Colorado

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Monument census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80904. It lies near Queens Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Cascade quadrangle.

Glen Eyrie within El Paso County

On record in Glen Eyrie

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 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 34 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

819 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 819 fires within 5 miles of Glen Eyrie between 1992 and 2020, burning about 19,826 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined700
Natural29
Smoking27
Recreation and ceremony19
Debris and open burning17
Equipment and vehicle use15
Arson/incendiarism8
Fireworks3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado Springs Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
8 September 2018Smokingunder an acreColorado Springs Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestEAGLE LAKE
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado Springs Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
5 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado Springs Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
5 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado Springs Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Paso County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 63 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 63 workings within 5 miles of Glen Eyrie: 34 producers, 16 occurrences, 11 past producers, 1 prospect. 34 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
Black CanyonMagnesite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSedimentary
Blair Athol MineCopper, Uranium, ManganesePast ProducerChalcocite
Camp Creek MineSilver, GoldOccurrence
Castle Concrete Lennox BMagnesite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Crystal Park AreaBeryllium, Gemstone, Niobium (Columbium), REEProducerAmazonstone, Zircon
Gold Hill Mesa tailingsGold, SilverPast Producertailings
Holly #1 MineStone, Crushed/Broken, MagnesitePast ProducerSedimentary
Holly #1 MineStone, Crushed/Broken, Magnesite, StonePast Producer
KenmuirStone, DimensionProducer
Pikeview QuarryLimestone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken, MagnesitePast ProducerSedimentary

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Manitou Springs2.8 miles37
Roswell3.7 miles32
Pikeview3.7 miles32
Papeton4.5 miles32
Cascade4.7 miles34
Minnehaha4.9 miles37
Colorado Springs5.2 miles32
Midway5.8 miles37

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 193319. 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.