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Gooding, Colorado

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Longmont census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80504. It stands on Coal Creek. The Survey maps it on the Erie quadrangle.

Gooding within Boulder County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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

243 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 243 fires within 5 miles of Gooding between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,389 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined171
Debris and open burning16
Recreation and ceremony14
Arson/incendiarism11
Smoking10
Natural6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Fireworks4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMountain View Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
6 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersERIE
4 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-Boulder Districtnot named
26 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMountain View Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
21 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMountain View Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
20 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMountain View Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
20 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLafayette Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
2 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLongmont Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boulder County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Gooding: 6 occurrences, 5 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Fire Clay (Refractory), Silver. 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
JacksonSilverPast Producer
UnknownFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
BeaverGoldPast Producer
Lefthand Creek PlacerGoldOccurrencePlacer
Crane PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Erie PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
StateSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Boulder 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
Canfield1.4 miles22
Tabor1.6 miles22
Leyner1.9 miles22
Erie2.4 miles22
Pleasant View Ridge3.3 miles22
Liggett3.3 miles26
Ninemile Corner4.2 miles22
Niwot5.1 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 178727. 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.