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Hillside, Colorado

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Cotopaxi census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81232. It stands on Spruce Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hillside quadrangle. It stands 7,490 feet above sea level.

Hillside within Fremont County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

25 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Hillside between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,264 acres in total. 19 started naturally. None was 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
Natural19
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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
16 September 1992Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National Forestnot named
3 August 2020Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestBRUSH CREEK
3 August 2017Naturalunder an acreDeer Mountain Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
3 August 2016Natural3.0 acresWet Mountain Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
19 August 2016Naturalunder an acreDeer Mountain Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
8 July 1993Natural250 acresPike and San Isabel National ForestSOUTH LAKE
8 July 1992Natural1.0 acresRoyal Gorge Field OfficeTURLEY III
4 July 2008Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestBALMAN

Every fire recorded in Fremont County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Hillside: 11 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Vermiculite, Copper, Niobium (Columbium), Nickel. 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
Gem MineNickel, Silver, Cobalt, CopperPast Producer1885
Gem MineNickel, SilverPast Producer
Gem Park ComplexNiobium (Columbium), Barium-Barite, Molybdenum, Phosphorus-Phosphates, REE, Strontium, Thorium, VermiculiteProspect1880
Gem Park DistrictVermiculite, Nickel, Thorium, Niobium (Columbium), Iron, REE, Copper, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silver, CobaltPast Producer
HillsidePumicePast Producer
Letha Lee ProspectNiobium (Columbium), REE, VermiculiteOccurrenceAncylite, Monazite
Mag Lode ProspectTitanium, Metal, IronOccurrence
Niles MineVermiculite, REEPast Producer1945
Unidentified OccurrenceGoldPast ProducerGold
UnkFeldsparPast Producer

Every working recorded in Fremont County

Storms near this place

6 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hillside in 6 storm reports between 1995 and 2015: 6 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2015HailHillside-no account filed
June 2012HailHillside-no account filed
June 2012HailHillside-no account filed
August 2011HailHillside-no account filed
July 2000HailHillside-no account filed
June 1995HailHillside-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Fremont 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
Cotopaxi8.3 miles17
Pleasanton10.0 miles17
Texas Creek10.3 miles15
Coaldale10.4 miles18
Vallie12.3 miles19
Echo12.8 miles15
Sunset City14.5 miles24
Yorkville17.1 miles26

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.

Wikipedia article on HillsideAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5763858The 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 191803. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.