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Kellytown, Colorado

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Sedalia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80135. It stands on Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sedalia quadrangle.

Kellytown within Douglas County

On record in Kellytown

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 within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 26 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

223 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 223 fires within 5 miles of Kellytown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 798 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined151
Smoking19
Fireworks12
Equipment and vehicle use12
Natural9
Arson/incendiarism9
Recreation and ceremony5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Debris and open burning1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLittleton Fire RescueUNKNOWN
5 September 2010Fireworks3.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
29 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
27 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLittleton Fire RescueUNKNOWN
27 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
22 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
2 September 2017Arson/incendiarism3.5 acresWest Douglas County Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
2 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 35 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Kellytown: 21 producers, 7 occurrences, 5 past producers, 2 unknowns. 21 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Helmer Bros. QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Little Dry Creek PlacersGoldUnknown
Roxborough ParkStone, Crushed/Broken, Magnesite, StonePast Producer
Waterton Sand & Clay Co.Fire Clay (Refractory), Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand
Louviers PlantREEProducer
Molycorp Inc Louviers PlantREEProducer
QuarryStoneProducer
SedaliaStoneProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Helmer Bros.Fire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence

Every working recorded in Douglas 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
Louviers0.8 miles33
Sterling Ranch2.8 miles21
Acequia3.4 miles21
Sedalia3.6 miles26
Kistler Park4.2 miles26
Roxborough Park4.9 miles33
Roxborough4.9 miles33
Highlands Ranch5.2 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 185071. 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.