Hilltop, Colorado

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Parker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80134. The Survey maps it on the Ponderosa Park quadrangle.

Hilltop within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 30 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.

1894 USGS Castle Rock quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1913 USGS Castle Rock quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1939 USGS Elizabeth quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1945 USGS Elizabeth quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1953 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
1957 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
1966 USGS Ponderosa Park quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
1983 USGS Castle Rock quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

167 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 167 fires within 5 miles of Hilltop between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,656 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined	103
Natural	18
Equipment and vehicle use	15
Arson/incendiarism	12
Misuse of fire by a minor	6
Other causes	4
Smoking	4
Recreation and ceremony	3
Fireworks	2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
8 September 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Metro Fire Rescue	UNKNOWN
8 September 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Metro Fire Rescue	UNKNOWN
8 September 1994	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Douglas County	not named
4 September 1994	Natural	under an acre	Douglas County	not named
3 September 2013	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	South Metro Fire Rescue	UNKNOWN
3 September 2010	Natural	under an acre	Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters	not named
27 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters	N/A
26 September 2010	Natural	under an acre	Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Hilltop: 4 producers, 2 unknowns. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Claypit	Clay	Producer
Gravel Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Douglas 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Hidden Vilage	1.6 miles	30
Bayou Hills	2.1 miles	30
Windy Hills	2.4 miles	30
The Pinery	2.8 miles	30
Crestview	2.9 miles	30
Country Acres	4.4 miles	30
Burning Tree Ranch	4.6 miles	30
Saddlebrook	5.3 miles	24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 185104. 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.