Liggett, Colorado
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Boulder census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80301. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Niwot quadrangle.
On record in Liggett
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.
Boulder Valley Grange No. 131listed 1987 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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.
- 1904 USGS Niwot quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Niwot quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Niwot quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Niwot quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1984 USGS Estes Park quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
361 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 361 fires within 5 miles of Liggett between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,381 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 16 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/undetermined | 262 |
| Smoking | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mountain View Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | ERIE |
| 6 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 5 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Rocky Mountain Fire Protection District | N/A |
| 4 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Boulder Rural Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 4 September 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-Boulder District | not named |
| 3 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lafayette Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 29 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Louisville Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Liggett: 9 occurrences, 7 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Clay, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Girl | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Occurrence | ||
| Boulder Brick & Tile Co. | Clay | Producer | Clay | |
| Boulder Mill | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Colorado Brick | Clay | Producer | ||
| Jackson | Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Beaver | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Boulder Gravel Products | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Fourmile Creek Placers | Gold | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Brannan Sand and Gravel Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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.
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 Liggett | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q85776601 | 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 178718. 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.










