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Hazeltine Heights, Colorado

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Brighton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80640. The Survey maps it on the Eastlake quadrangle.

Hazeltine Heights within Adams County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

611 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 611 fires within 5 miles of Hazeltine Heights between 1995 and 2020, burning about 1,726 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 21 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/undetermined493
Arson/incendiarism21
Debris and open burning18
Smoking18
Equipment and vehicle use17
Recreation and ceremony13
Natural11
Fireworks10
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreThornton Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Metro Fire Rescue DistrictN/A
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Metro Fire Rescue DistrictUNKNOWN
7 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreThornton Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresGreater Brighton Fire Protection DistrictN/A
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
4 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Adams County Fire DistrictUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Adams County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 52 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 52 workings within 5 miles of Hazeltine Heights: 20 unknowns, 16 past producers, 9 producers, 7 occurrences. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, 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
Adams North PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, SilverPast Producer1956
Thornton PitSand and Gravel, Construction, GoldProducer1980
Adams Aggregate Inc PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Adams County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Adams County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Adams County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Albert Frei & Sons Sand and Gr PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Brannan Sand and Gravel Co PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Brannan Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
C & H Construction Co PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Adams 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
Hazeltine0.8 miles24
Rolla1.1 miles28
Eno2.4 miles24
Irondale2.5 miles28
Henderson2.7 miles24
Quimby3.0 miles28
Dupont3.5 miles28
Derby3.5 miles28

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 Q122561082The 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 184585. 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.