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Hiwan Hills, Colorado

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Central Jefferson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80439. It stands on Cub Creek. The Survey maps it on the Evergreen quadrangle.

Hiwan Hills within Jefferson County

On record in Hiwan Hills

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 3 records

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

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

214 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 214 fires within 5 miles of Hiwan Hills between 1995 and 2020, burning about 110 acres in total. 12 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined191
Natural12
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking1
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersINDIAN HILLS
8 September 2019Naturalunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
8 September 2019Naturalunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersIDLEDALE
27 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandWARRIOR MOUNTAIN
23 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEvergreen Fire/RescueUNKNOWN
20 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreEvergreen Fire/RescueUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 36 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Hiwan Hills: 18 past producers, 16 producers, 2 occurrences. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Feldspar, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Augusta MineCopper, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc, Lead, Gold, CobaltPast Producer1966
Bear CreekGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Burroughs Feldspar MineFeldspar, Beryllium, Mica, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Bismuth, REE, Uranium, Thorium, LithiumPast Producer1942, 1944
Coors PegmatiteFeldspar, Mica, REEPast Producer1935, 1949
Evergreen Florite DepositFluorine-Fluorite, Copper, Gold, Lead, SilverPast Producer
FoothillsGold, SilverPast Producer
Grapevine MineUranium, VanadiumPast Producer1955
Idealite MineClayPast Producer
Idledale DistrictUranium, Copper, Lead, ZincPast Producer1955, 1968
Malachite MineGold, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Nickel, LeadPast Producer1866, 1888

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Evergreen0.8 miles24
Troutdale1.0 miles24
Wah Keeney Park1.5 miles24
Mountain Meadow Heights1.8 miles24
Kittredge1.9 miles24
Elephant Park1.9 miles24
Herzman Mesa2.3 miles21
Stanley Park2.5 miles21

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.

Wikidata item Q122570743The 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 182087. 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.