Kinikinik, Colorado

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Livermore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80512. It stands on Roaring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kinikinik quadrangle.

Kinikinik within Larimer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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.

1916 USGS Home quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1920 USGS Home quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1954 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Kinikinik quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1964 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
1980 USGS Fort Collins quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

22 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Kinikinik between 1992 and 2017, burning about 4 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
Natural	11
Recreation and ceremony	7
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Arson/incendiarism	1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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 1994	Natural	under an acre	Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland	ROARING CREEK
6 September 2012	Natural	under an acre	Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland	MIDDLE BALD
4 September 2009	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland	ZIMMERMAN
27 September 1997	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland	ROARING BONE
23 September 1992	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Larimer County	not named
18 August 1995	Natural	under an acre	Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland	ALMOST
18 August 1995	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland	BALD
12 August 2013	Natural	under an acre	Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland	ZIMMERMAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Spencer Heights

Every fire recorded in Larimer County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Kinikinik: 6 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Gold, REE, Uranium, Silver. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Chaney-Suns Prospects	Beryllium	Occurrence	Beryl
Home District	Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, REE	Occurrence	Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Kelsey Lake	Gemstone	Producer	1987, 1996
Little Bobby Vein	Gold, Copper, Lead	Occurrence	Vein
Lucky Strike Claims	Uranium, Silver, Gold	Occurrence	1955
Spring Group	Uranium, Silver, Gold, Lead	Past Producer	1954
Unnamed Prospect	Gold, Zinc, Silver, REE	Occurrence	Underground
Lucky Strike Claims	Uranium	Past Producer
Spring No 1 & 2 Claims	Uranium	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Larimer 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Spencer Heights	3.6 miles	19
Idylwilde	4.5 miles	20
Reds Place	7.2 miles	19
Manhattan (historical)	7.4 miles	17
Glen Echo	8.2 miles	17
Rustic	8.4 miles	17
Goodell Corner	8.5 miles	17
Indian Meadows	9.9 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 177104. 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.