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Green Settlement, Colorado

37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Cheyenne Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80906. It stands on Sweetwater Creek. The Survey maps it on the Manitou Springs quadrangle.

Green Settlement within El Paso County

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 37 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

628 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 628 fires within 5 miles of Green Settlement between 1992 and 2020, burning about 144 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined516
Smoking28
Recreation and ceremony23
Natural22
Equipment and vehicle use15
Arson/incendiarism8
Debris and open burning7
Fireworks6
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado Springs Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
9 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado Springs Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado Springs Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
8 September 2018Smokingunder an acreColorado Springs Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado Springs Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
5 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado Springs Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Paso County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 55 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 55 workings within 5 miles of Green Settlement: 18 past producers, 17 occurrences, 13 producers, 5 unknowns. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Gold. 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
Blue Bird MineUranium, Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium)Past ProducerColumbite
Cheyenne DistrictFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Gold, Silver, Zinc, Thorium, Gemstone, REE, Niobium (Columbium), Beryllium, Titanium, Metal, Tin, UraniumProducer1901, 1910, 1945
Crystal Park AreaBeryllium, Gemstone, Niobium (Columbium), REEProducerAmazonstone, Zircon
Duffields DepositFluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Lead, Zinc, SilverPast Producer1901, 1910, 1945
Eureka ShaftFluorine-Fluorite, Gemstone, Titanium, MetalPast ProducerCryolite, Fluorite
Gold Hill Mesa tailingsGold, SilverPast Producertailings
KenmuirStone, DimensionProducer
South Cheyenne MineStoneUnknown
St Peters Dome AreaNiobium (Columbium), Tantalum, REE, BerylliumOccurrenceBeryl, Pyrochlore
St Peters Dome FluoriteFluorine-Fluorite, Silver, Lead, Silica, Zinc, GoldProspect1883, 1910

Every working recorded in El Paso 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
Duffield2.5 miles32
Broadmoor3.0 miles32
Ivywild3.9 miles32
Stratton Meadows4.7 miles32
Stratmoor Hills5.2 miles32
Colorado Springs5.5 miles32
Rock Creek Park5.8 miles34
Manitou Springs6.0 miles37

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1962129. 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.