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Green Gables, Colorado

20 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 80227. It stands on Weaver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fort Logan quadrangle.

Green Gables within Jefferson County

On record in Green Gables

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

10 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

1,162 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,162 fires within 5 miles of Green Gables between 2008 and 2020, burning about 5,512 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 44 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/undetermined951
Arson/incendiarism44
Smoking41
Equipment and vehicle use39
Recreation and ceremony18
Fireworks17
Natural16
Debris and open burning15
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Other causes2

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
9 September 2014Missing 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
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Green Gables: 16 occurrences, 5 producers, 4 past producers, 3 unknowns. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Uranium, Molybdenum. 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
Four Corners MineUranium, Vanadium, MolybdenumPast Producer1954, 1955, 1960
Soda Lakes, Soda SpringsSodiumProducer
UnknownFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
Unnamed Fe MineIronPast Producer1885
Mann RanchUranium, MolybdenumPast Producer1955, 1961
Pallaro LeaseUraniumOccurrenceCarnotite
Chieftan MineClayOccurrenceClay
Lakewood PlantClayProducer
North & South ChieftanClayProducer
UnknownClayOccurrenceClay

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
Westgate0.5 miles20
Carmody Estates0.9 miles20
Green Mountain1.9 miles25
Lakewood2.0 miles20
Green Mountain Village2.3 miles25
College West Estates3.7 miles25
Edgemont4.1 miles25
Spring Hill4.1 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2120006. 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.