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Green Mountain, 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 80228. The Survey maps it on the Morrison quadrangle.

Green Mountain within Jefferson County

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

1,087 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,087 fires within 5 miles of Green Mountain between 2008 and 2020, burning about 5,523 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 40 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/undetermined873
Equipment and vehicle use50
Arson/incendiarism40
Smoking36
Natural19
Fireworks17
Recreation and ceremony17
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Debris and open burning13
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Other causes2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 68 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 68 workings within 5 miles of Green Mountain: 35 occurrences, 27 producers, 6 past producers. 27 still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium. 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
Mann RanchRadium, Uranium, VanadiumPast Producer1954, 1955
Soda Lakes, Soda SpringsSodiumProducer
UnknownDolomiteOccurrenceDolomite
UnknownLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Unnamed Fe MineIronPast Producer1885
Mann RanchUranium, MolybdenumPast Producer1955, 1961
Morrison QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Schmidt Constr IncSilicaProducer
UnknownSilicaOccurrence

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
Green Mountain Village0.7 miles25
Carmody Estates1.1 miles20
Green Gables1.9 miles20
College West Estates2.2 miles25
Westgate2.3 miles20
Lakewood2.8 miles20
Mountain View Estates2.8 miles25
Edgemont3.0 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2557348. 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.