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Golden Heights, Colorado

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Northeast Jefferson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80401. It lies near Green Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Morrison quadrangle.

Golden Heights within Jefferson County

On record in Golden Heights

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

11 surveys from 25 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

762 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 762 fires within 5 miles of Golden Heights between 2011 and 2020, burning about 357 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 22 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/undetermined598
Equipment and vehicle use39
Smoking35
Arson/incendiarism22
Natural18
Recreation and ceremony14
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Fireworks10
Debris and open burning9
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3

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 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePleasant View Fire DepartmentN/A
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
7 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGolden Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 117 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 117 workings within 5 miles of Golden Heights: 61 producers, 43 occurrences, 8 past producers, 5 unknowns. 61 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory), Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Alumet Pilot PlantAluminumUnknown
Capitol CentralLead, Gold, Silver, ZincUnknown
Centennial ConeBerylliumProducer
LadwigUranium, CopperProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Pitchblende
Rio Grande PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, SilverPast Producer1973
Soda Lakes, Soda SpringsSodiumProducer
Tall Timber No 3 PegmatiteFeldsparProducer
UnknownDolomiteOccurrenceDolomite
Unnamed Fe MineIronPast Producer1885
Golden Granite QuarryGraniteProducerGranite

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Vernon Gardens1.0 miles25
Pleasant View1.1 miles25
Crestview Villa1.2 miles25
Heritage Dells1.8 miles25
Mountain View Estates2.0 miles25
College West Estates2.0 miles25
Applewood Grove2.4 miles25
Edgemont2.7 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2354966. 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.