Homestead Hills, Colorado
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Parker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80138. The Survey maps it on the Piney Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 24 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1890 USGS East Denver quadrangle1:125000
- 1940 USGS Piney Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1942 USGS Piney Creek quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Piney Creek quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Piney Creek quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1981 USGS Denver East quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
494 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 494 fires within 5 miles of Homestead Hills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 341 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 20 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 | 332 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 46 |
| Natural | 31 |
| Smoking | 28 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Fireworks | 7 |
| Other causes | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
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 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 8 September 1994 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Douglas County | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Douglas County | not named |
| 4 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | South Metro Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 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 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Homestead Hills: 2 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newlin Gulch Gold Occurrence | Gold | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Claypit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Madis | Clay | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Valley | 0.8 miles | 24 | |
| Ponderosa Hills | 0.9 miles | 24 | |
| Saddlebrook | 1.0 miles | 24 | |
| Parker | 1.9 miles | 24 | |
| Clarke Farms | 3.1 miles | 24 | |
| Crestview | 3.2 miles | 30 | |
| Ponderosa East | 3.3 miles | 24 | |
| Cherry Creek Highlands | 3.7 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2354494. 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.









