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Heritage Dells, Colorado

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Golden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80401. It lies near Apex Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Morrison quadrangle.

Heritage Dells within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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

535 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 535 fires within 5 miles of Heritage Dells between 2003 and 2020, burning about 1,905 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined424
Equipment and vehicle use25
Smoking24
Natural18
Arson/incendiarism10
Recreation and ceremony9
Fireworks9
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Debris and open burning4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
8 September 2019Naturalunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePleasant View Fire DepartmentN/A
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
7 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGolden Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
6 September 2020Smokingunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueN/A
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
6 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersGOLDEN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 129 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 129 workings within 5 miles of Heritage Dells: 61 producers, 46 occurrences, 14 past producers, 6 unknowns. 61 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory), 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Alumet Pilot PlantAluminumUnknown
Buckman PropertyUranium, Copper, Lead, Molybdenum, Zinc, SilverOccurrenceVein
Capitol CentralLead, Gold, Silver, ZincUnknown
Centennial ConeBerylliumProducer
FoothillsGold, SilverPast Producer
Genessee Mountain Scheelite OccurrenceTungstenOccurrenceScheelite
Malachite MineGold, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Nickel, LeadPast Producer1866, 1888
North Table MountainZeolitesProducer
Rio Grande PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, SilverPast Producer1973
Tall Timber No 3 PegmatiteFeldsparProducer

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
Panorama Heights1.5 miles25
Vernon Gardens1.6 miles25
Golden Heights1.8 miles25
Crestview Villa2.1 miles25
Paradise Hills2.1 miles24
Pleasant View2.4 miles25
Golden2.5 miles28
Riva Chase2.9 miles24

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 Q122570555The 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 2354967. 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.