Jefferson, Colorado
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Fairplay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80456. It lies near Ohler Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Jefferson quadrangle. It stands 9,501 feet above sea level.
On record in Jefferson
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 3 records
Jefferson Denver South Park and Pacific Railroad Depotlisted 1998
Wahl Ranchlisted 2000- Tarryall Rural Historic Districtlisted 2017
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 26 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.
- 1937 USGS Como quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Como quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Jefferson quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1960 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Bailey quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Jefferson quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
35 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Jefferson between 1994 and 2020, burning about 676 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 11 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | JEFFERSON 2 |
| 19 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | JEFFERSON CREEK |
| 19 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | KENOSHA |
| 9 August 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | COLORADO TRAIL |
| 3 August 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | not named |
| 28 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | OHLER |
| 27 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | DEAD MAN |
| 23 August 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | WEBSTER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Jefferson: 5 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Vanadium, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mac George Prospect | Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | 1956 | |
| Tedco Claims | Uranium, Vanadium | Prospect | 1956 | |
| Donna Lou | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | ||
| Donna Lou, Guernsey | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | ||
| Stoll Placer | Gold | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Unknown | Gold | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Unknown | Gold | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Unknown | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
3 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jefferson in 3 storm reports between 2006 and 2021: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2021 | Hail | Jefferson | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jefferson | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Jefferson | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Como | 6.5 miles | 23 | |
| Webster | 7.0 miles | 20 | |
| Peabodys | 7.0 miles | 23 | |
| Grant | 9.3 miles | 20 | |
| Bordenville | 9.3 miles | 19 | |
| Santa Maria | 10.2 miles | 20 | |
| Weller | 10.7 miles | 18 | |
| Singleton | 11.5 miles | 18 |
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 Jefferson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3176638 | 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 204725. 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.








