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Glenisle, Colorado

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Fairplay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80421. It lies near Brookside Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Shawnee quadrangle.

Glenisle within Park County

On record in Glenisle

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

9 surveys from 18 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

105 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Glenisle between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,540 acres in total. 22 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined65
Natural22
Smoking5
Firearms and explosives use4
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1
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
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePike and San Isabel National Forest64
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlatte Canyon Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
3 September 1998Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestDENNY'S FIRST IN 98
29 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
29 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestCOMPUTER TERMINAL
27 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlatte Canyon Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
27 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlatte Canyon Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
26 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlatte Canyon Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Park County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Glenisle: 2 occurrences, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Molybdenum, Uranium, Vanadium. 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
Redskin MinesMolybdenum, Uranium, VanadiumPast Producer1955
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Redskin ClaimsUraniumOccurrenceTorbernite
Redskin MinesUraniumPast Producer1963

Every working recorded in Park 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
Bailey1.9 miles29
Shawnee2.5 miles18
Insmont3.2 miles29
Estabrook4.6 miles29
Singleton5.4 miles18
Highland Park6.3 miles18
Will-O-The-Wisp6.4 miles29
Weller6.5 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 183235. 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.