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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.

Liggett within Boulder County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

361 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined262
Smoking18
Arson/incendiarism16
Debris and open burning16
Recreation and ceremony14
Equipment and vehicle use13
Natural8
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Fireworks4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
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
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMountain View Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
6 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersERIE
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRocky Mountain Fire Protection DistrictN/A
4 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBoulder Rural Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
4 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-Boulder Districtnot named
3 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLafayette Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
29 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLouisville Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boulder County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
New GirlFluorine-FluoritePast Producer
UnknownFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
Boulder Brick & Tile Co.ClayProducerClay
Boulder MillGold, SilverPast Producer
Colorado BrickClayProducer
JacksonSilverPast Producer
BeaverGoldPast Producer
Boulder Gravel ProductsSand and Gravel, Construction, GoldPast Producer
Fourmile Creek PlacersGoldOccurrencePlacer
Brannan Sand and Gravel CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Leyner1.7 miles22
Ninemile Corner2.6 miles22
Gunbarrel3.2 miles26
Canfield3.2 miles22
Tabor3.2 miles22
Gooding3.3 miles22
Lafayette4.2 miles20
Valmont4.4 miles26

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 LiggettAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q85776601The 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.