Harris Park, Colorado
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Fairplay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80421. The Survey maps it on the Meridian Hill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 19 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
- 1953 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Meridian Hill quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1958 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Denver West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
112 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Harris Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 417 acres in total. 11 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/undetermined | 82 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Platte Canyon Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Platte Canyon Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 5 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Platte Canyon Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Platte Canyon Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Platte Canyon Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 4 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Platte Canyon Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 4 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Platte Canyon Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 3 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | 101 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Harris Park: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Beryllium, Feldspar, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hallack Mine | Beryllium, Feldspar, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Park | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Will-O-The-Wisp | 5.5 miles | 29 | |
| Silver Springs | 6.2 miles | 29 | |
| Shawnee | 7.1 miles | 18 | |
| Glenisle | 7.2 miles | 18 | |
| Bailey | 7.4 miles | 29 | |
| Singleton | 7.5 miles | 18 | |
| Weller | 8.2 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 202882. 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.






