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Hillside Manor, Colorado

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Southwest Arapahoe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80123. It stands on Big Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Littleton quadrangle.

Hillside Manor within Arapahoe County

On record in Hillside Manor

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

10 surveys from 21 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

808 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 808 fires within 5 miles of Hillside Manor between 1996 and 2020, burning about 5,330 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 28 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/undetermined658
Smoking42
Arson/incendiarism28
Equipment and vehicle use25
Natural15
Recreation and ceremony13
Fireworks10
Debris and open burning8
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
7 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreDenver Fire DepartmentN/A
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueN/A
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDenver Fire DepartmentN/A
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDenver Fire DepartmentN/A
4 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLittleton Fire RescueUNKNOWN
4 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLittleton Fire RescueUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Arapahoe County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 40 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of Hillside Manor: 16 occurrences, 12 producers, 11 unknowns, 1 past producer. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Gold. 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
Big Dry Creek PlacersGoldOccurrence1858
UnknownClayProducer
Central Construction PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Clarke PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Englewood PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Flanagan,Walt & Co.Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Arapahoe 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
Bow Mar0.8 miles20
Columbine Lakes1.1 miles21
Coventry1.2 miles21
Littleton1.3 miles21
Columbine Valley1.4 miles21
Columbine Heights1.7 miles21
Sheridan2.0 miles20
Ridgewood Park2.4 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2354571. 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.