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.
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
Church of the Brethrenlisted 1984
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.
- 1904 USGS Niwot quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Hygiene quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Hygiene quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1984 USGS Estes Park quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
295 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 212 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 8 September 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Longmont Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 6 September 2020 | Fireworks | under an acre | Hygiene Fire Protection District | N/A |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | LONGMONT |
| 28 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 27 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | LONGMONT |
| 27 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 22 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Boulder Fire Rescue Department | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 24 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Button R Dam | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | ||
| Longmont Brick & Tile Co. | Clay | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Longmont Plant | Clay | Producer | ||
| Martin Marietta Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Martin-Marietta Cement Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Frontier Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hygiene Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Longmont Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2012Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2013 | Flash Flood | Hygiene | - | 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 2013 | Flash Flood | Hygiene | - | 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 2019 | Hail | Hygiene | - | no account filed |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hygiene | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Hygiene | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3473226 | The 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.









