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Highland Park, Colorado

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Denver census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80211. It stands on Cherry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Arvada quadrangle.

Highland Park within Denver County

On record in Highland Park

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 12 of 28 shown

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

Every listing in Denver County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

1,667 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,667 fires within 5 miles of Highland Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 226 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 38 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/undetermined1448
Equipment and vehicle use42
Arson/incendiarism38
Smoking38
Recreation and ceremony28
Debris and open burning25
Fireworks18
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Natural5
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Other causes2

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 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersDENVER
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersARVADA
9 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersDENVER
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Denver County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 58 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 58 workings within 5 miles of Highland Park: 38 past producers, 7 occurrences, 7 producers, 5 unknowns. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Clay, 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
Allied Chemical CorpSulfurProducer
Rodger Steele ClaimUraniumProspect
Denver Brick & Pipe Co.ClayProducer
Robinson Brick & Tile Co., Plant 1ClayProducer
Strainland MineClayProducer
Cooley Gravel Co. PitsSand and Gravel, Construction, GoldPast Producer1951, 1964
Gordon PitSand and Gravel, Construction, GoldPast ProducerGold, Sand and Gravel
Mexican DiggingsGoldPast Producer1858
Swadley PlacersGoldPast Producer1858, 1859
Asphalt Paving Co PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Denver 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
Westside Neighborhood1.8 miles20
Five Points2.2 miles28
Denver2.3 miles27
Lakeside2.5 miles24
Alamo Placita3.6 miles27
Ruby Hill5.2 miles20
University Park6.2 miles27
Sandown6.2 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2113072. 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.