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Lake Shore Park, Colorado

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Bald Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80302. It lies near Forsythe Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Eldorado Springs quadrangle.

Lake Shore Park within Boulder County

On record in Lake Shore Park

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 1 record

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 31 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

174 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 174 fires within 5 miles of Lake Shore Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,508 acres in total. 38 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined85
Natural38
Recreation and ceremony32
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism5
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Debris and open burning1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1

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 1993Naturalunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-Boulder Districtnot named
7 September 1994Naturalunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandHAWKINS
20 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCoal Creek Canyon Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
17 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCoal Creek Canyon Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
17 September 2010Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandPEEWINK
15 September 2000Natural1,087 acresRoyal Gorge Field OfficeELDORADO
12 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCoal Creek Canyon Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
10 September 1997Smokingunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandWATERFALL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boulder County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 187 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 187 workings within 5 miles of Lake Shore Park: 122 past producers, 47 occurrences, 16 producers, 2 unknowns. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten, Silver, 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
Bankers Lode ClaimCopper, UraniumOccurrenceChalcocite
Eldorado SpringsGeothermalUnknown
Golden EagleStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Jay BirdTungsten, Silver, GoldPast Producer
KekiongaGold, Silver, TungstenPast Producer
Lucky Strike, Last NickelTungsten, Lead, ZincProducerFerberite, Galena
Marion MillUranium, VanadiumUnknown
Marion MillTin, REE, TungstenProducer
Mystery GroupGold, Copper, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
NederlandGold, Zinc, Lead, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Boulder 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
Miramonte2.0 miles31
Magnolia2.4 miles31
Crescent2.5 miles31
Crescent Village2.7 miles31
Wondervu2.7 miles25
Aspen Meadows2.7 miles25
Ridgewood3.0 miles25
Wheelman3.1 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 197761. 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.