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Indians 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 80454. It lies near Giant Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Evergreen quadrangle.

Indians Hills within Jefferson County

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

212 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 212 fires within 5 miles of Indians Hills between 1995 and 2020, burning about 118 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined183
Natural10
Equipment and vehicle use9
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
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 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFoothills Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
25 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIndian Hills Fire/RescueUNKNOWN
2 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersGOLDEN
17 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 73 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 73 workings within 5 miles of Indians Hills: 30 producers, 21 occurrences, 20 past producers, 1 unknown. 30 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Fire Clay (Refractory), Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Blackstone ClaimUranium, Radium, VanadiumProspect
Buckman Ranch PegmatiteIron, Beryllium, Gemstone, Quartz, Garnet, Mica, FeldsparOccurrenceBeryl, Feldspar, Garnet, Magnetite, Mica, Quartz, Tourmaline
Burroughs Feldspar MineFeldspar, Beryllium, Mica, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Bismuth, REE, Uranium, Thorium, LithiumPast Producer1942, 1944
Evergreen Florite DepositFluorine-Fluorite, Copper, Gold, Lead, SilverPast Producer
FoothillsGold, SilverPast Producer
Four Corners MineUranium, Vanadium, MolybdenumPast Producer1954, 1955, 1960
Grapevine MineUranium, VanadiumPast Producer1955
Idledale DistrictUranium, Copper, Lead, ZincPast Producer1955, 1968

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
Indian Hills1.6 miles23
Stanley Park2.0 miles21
Idledale2.4 miles25
Kittredge2.6 miles24
Lone Pine Estates2.7 miles23
Gems Park Estates2.8 miles23
Evergreen3.0 miles24
Herzman Mesa3.1 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 202865. 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.