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Highland Park, Colorado

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Grand Junction census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81504. The Survey maps it on the Clifton quadrangle.

Highland Park within Mesa 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 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

8 surveys from 12 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

1,085 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,085 fires within 5 miles of Highland Park between 1994 and 2020, burning about 13,312 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined935
Smoking46
Debris and open burning30
Equipment and vehicle use19
Fireworks17
Recreation and ceremony14
Natural11
Arson/incendiarism6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes1
Firearms and explosives use1

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 acreClifton Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGrand Junction Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
9 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGrand Junction Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersGRAND JUNCTION
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreClifton Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
8 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGrand Junction Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGrand Junction Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
7 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGrand Junction Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mesa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Highland Park: 13 unknowns, 5 occurrences, 5 producers, 1 prospect. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Gypsum-Anhydrite, 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
Colo Copper PropertiesCopperProducer
Lucius Pitkin IncUranium, VanadiumPast Producer
UnknownFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
Fireside EnterprisesLimestone, DimensionOccurrence
Himes DrillingLimestone, DimensionUnknown
Amax UraniumUraniumProspect
C-G-26UraniumOccurrence
UnknownGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrenceSedimentary
UnknownGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrenceSedimentary
Unnamed MineGypsum-AnhydriteUnknown

Every working recorded in Mesa 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
Johnsons Corner0.8 miles12
Fruitvale1.1 miles12
Pear Park1.6 miles12
Clifton1.7 miles12
Bridges Switch4.1 miles12
Grand Junction4.1 miles14
Orchard Mesa5.0 miles14
Mount Lincoln5.3 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 174619. 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.