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Hygiene, Colorado

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Longmont census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80503. The Survey maps it on the Hygiene quadrangle. It stands 5,095 feet above sea level.

Hygiene within Boulder County

On record in Hygiene

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

295 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 295 fires within 5 miles of Hygiene between 1992 and 2020, burning about 290 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 27 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/undetermined212
Arson/incendiarism27
Equipment and vehicle use14
Debris and open burning11
Recreation and ceremony9
Natural7
Smoking7
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Fireworks3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1

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 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
8 September 2018Smokingunder an acreLongmont Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
6 September 2020Fireworksunder an acreHygiene Fire Protection DistrictN/A
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersLONGMONT
28 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
27 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersLONGMONT
27 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
22 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBoulder Fire Rescue DepartmentUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boulder County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Hygiene: 11 producers, 8 occurrences, 5 past producers. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
Button R DamFluorine-FluoritePast Producer
Longmont Brick & Tile Co.ClayProducerSedimentary
Longmont PlantClayProducer
Martin Marietta Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Martin-Marietta Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrenceSedimentary
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrenceSedimentary
Frontier Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hygiene PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Longmont PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Boulder County

Storms near this place

4 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hygiene in 4 storm reports between 2012 and 2019: 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
September 2013Flash FloodHygiene-Heavy rain continued to produce widespread flash flooding. Between 19th and Lombardi, the road was impassable as it was inundated with 15 feet of standing water. Water was reportedly flowing south to north, approximately 40 feet across Arapahoe Road. Lee Hill was impassable as well.
September 2013Flash FloodHygiene-Running water, up to a depth of 12 inches, and 50 feet wide was running across the intersection of 95th Street and Lookout Road near Niwot. The floodwaters forced the closure of Erie Parkway. Later a 4 to 5 ft wall of water, was reportedly observed running through the area.
July 2019HailHygiene-no account filed
September 2012Thunderstorm WindHygiene-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Boulder 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
Marnett2.9 miles24
Dominion4.2 miles24
Longmont4.4 miles23
Morey5.1 miles23
Lyons5.4 miles29
Niwot5.9 miles26
Highland6.2 miles23
Noland6.2 miles20

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 HygieneAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3473226The 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 178333. 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.