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Green Mountain Falls, Colorado

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1994. It lies in ZIP code area 80819. It stands on Crystal Creek. The Survey maps it on the Woodland Park quadrangle.

Green Mountain Falls within Teller County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

221 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 221 fires within 5 miles of Green Mountain Falls between 1992 and 2020, burning about 93 acres in total. 48 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/undetermined96
Natural48
Recreation and ceremony45
Arson/incendiarism11
Smoking6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Debris and open burning3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1

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 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTeller Countynot named
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestEAGLE LAKE
6 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePike and San Isabel National Forestnot named
3 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestCAMP #1
3 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestMISTLETOE
29 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestLOY CREEK
28 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePike and San Isabel National Forest950
28 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.8 acresPike and San Isabel National ForestWALDO CANYON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Teller County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Green Mountain Falls: 7 past producers, 6 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fluorine-Fluorite, Quartz. 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
AvengersStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Green Mountain Falls DistrictIron, Manganese, Gold, Lead, ZincPast Producer1904, 1958
Holly #1Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Iron King MineLead, Gold, Zinc, ManganeseOccurrenceVein
UnknownVermiculiteUnknown
Cascade-Ute PassFluorine-FluoritePast ProducerFluorite
Cascade-Ute PassFluorine-FluoritePast Producer
NavajoQuartzProducer
NavajoQuartzPast Producer
Rampart No. 1 ClaimManganesePast Producer1958

Every working recorded in Teller 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
Crystola1.5 miles25
Woodland Park4.6 miles25
Divide7.5 miles25
Midland9.3 miles28
Seven Lakes (historical)10.6 miles28
Gillett (historical)12.0 miles28
Rosemont13.7 miles32
Florissant14.5 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 191196. 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.