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Green Valley Acres, Colorado

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the South Jefferson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80433. It stands on Casto Creek. The Survey maps it on the Conifer quadrangle.

Green Valley Acres within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 21 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

94 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Green Valley Acres between 1998 and 2020, burning about 90 acres in total. 7 started naturally. None was 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/undetermined84
Natural7
Other causes1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Fireworks1

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
4 September 2019Naturalunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
17 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
3 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
19 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersCONIFER
18 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreInter-Canyon Fire RescueN/A
14 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreInter-Canyon Fire RescueUNKNOWN
7 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersCONIFER
6 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersCONIFER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Green Valley Acres: 4 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, Stone, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc. 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
AnnieGoldPast Producer
Babe of the WoodsCadmium, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer1876
Becky SharpCopper, Gold, Lead, Silver, ZincPast ProducerUnderground
Evergreen MeadowsStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownStoneUnknown
ArlingtonGold, SilverUnknown1875
BarkerGold, SilverPast Producer1860
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel

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
Broken Arrow Acres0.8 miles21
Conifer1.4 miles21
Aspen Park2.7 miles21
Oehlmann Park3.0 miles21
Shaffers Crossing3.4 miles33
Glenelk3.6 miles33
Sky Village4.8 miles23
Indian Springs Village4.9 miles33

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 182539. 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.