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Highland Lake, Colorado

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Johnstown-Milliken census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80542. The Survey maps it on the Longmont quadrangle.

Highland Lake within Weld County

On record in Highland Lake

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

183 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 183 fires within 5 miles of Highland Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 75 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined132
Debris and open burning17
Arson/incendiarism10
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony7
Smoking6
Natural3

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
7 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMountain View Fire Protection DistrictN/A
6 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBerthoud Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
30 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMountain View Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
3 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBerthoud Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
25 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMountain View Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
14 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBerthoud Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
12 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBerthoud Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
5 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMountain View Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Weld County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Highland Lake: 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Helmer BrosSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownFire Clay (Refractory)OccurrenceSedimentary

Every working recorded in Weld 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
Mead1.3 miles21
Maloy2.4 miles21
Liberty2.9 miles23
Walker3.5 miles20
Kirkland4.1 miles23
Welty5.5 miles32
Kahler5.6 miles20
Buda5.9 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 202529. 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.