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Inverness, Colorado

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Southwest Arapahoe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80112. The Survey maps it on the Parker quadrangle.

Inverness within Arapahoe 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

594 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 594 fires within 5 miles of Inverness between 1994 and 2020, burning about 204 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined462
Smoking35
Equipment and vehicle use27
Arson/incendiarism17
Natural16
Fireworks11
Debris and open burning10
Recreation and ceremony8
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Other causes3

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 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
9 September 2017Smokingunder an acreSouth Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
7 September 2015Naturalunder an acreSouth Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAurora Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
4 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
4 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAurora Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
3 September 2019Missing 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 Arapahoe County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Inverness: 6 occurrences, 6 producers, 6 unknowns, 2 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Silver. 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
Happy Canyon Creek Gold OccurrenceGold, SilverOccurrencePlacer
Big Dry Creek PlacersGoldUnknown
Cherry Creek MineGoldPast Producer
Cherry Creek PlacersGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Cherry Creek PlacersGoldUnknown
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Arapahoe 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
Centennial0.8 miles26
Dove Valley1.7 miles24
Willow Creek1.8 miles26
Southfield Park1.9 miles24
Castlewood2.2 miles26
Algonquin Acres2.4 miles24
Cherry Creek East3.5 miles24
Palos Verdes3.6 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2631651. 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.