Green Mountain Village, 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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 25 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1899 USGS West Denver quadrangle1:125000
- 1938 USGS Morrison quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Morrison quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Morrison quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Morrison quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Morrison quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1983 USGS Denver West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1,105 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,105 fires within 5 miles of Green Mountain Village between 2003 and 2020, burning about 5,648 acres in total. 20 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/undetermined | 882 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 51 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 40 |
| Smoking | 39 |
| Natural | 20 |
| Fireworks | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | West Metro Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 9 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | West Metro Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | N/A |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | N/A |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | West Metro Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | West Metro Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | West Metro Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pleasant View Fire Department | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 64 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 64 workings within 5 miles of Green Mountain Village: 34 occurrences, 25 producers, 4 past producers, 1 unknown. 25 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Four Corners Mine | Uranium, Vanadium, Molybdenum | Past Producer | 1954, 1955, 1960 | |
| Linda 1&2 Mine | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Soda Lakes, Soda Springs | Sodium | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Dolomite | Occurrence | Dolomite | |
| Unnamed Fe Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1885 | |
| Mann Ranch | Uranium, Molybdenum | Past Producer | 1955, 1961 | |
| Morrison Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Schmidt Constr Inc | Silica | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Mountain | 0.7 miles | 25 | |
| College West Estates | 1.5 miles | 25 | |
| Carmody Estates | 1.7 miles | 20 | |
| Mountain View Estates | 2.1 miles | 25 | |
| Edgemont | 2.3 miles | 25 | |
| Green Gables | 2.3 miles | 20 | |
| Daniels Garden | 2.6 miles | 25 | |
| Lakewood | 2.7 miles | 20 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122555348 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 182153. 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.










