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Lincoln Hills, Colorado

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Central City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80422. It stands on South Beaver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tungsten quadrangle.

Lincoln Hills within Gilpin County

On record in Lincoln Hills

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 25 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

277 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 277 fires within 5 miles of Lincoln Hills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,178 acres in total. 26 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined161
Recreation and ceremony59
Natural26
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking6
Arson/incendiarism6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Debris and open burning3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes2
Fireworks1

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 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNederland Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
8 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandSITE 11 FIRE
8 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNederland Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
8 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNederland Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
7 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland925A
7 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland355C
6 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-Boulder Districtnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gilpin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 185 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 185 workings within 5 miles of Lincoln Hills: 131 past producers, 31 occurrences, 16 producers, 3 prospects. 17 still produce. What was taken out: Tungsten, Gold, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc. 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
Big MoonGold, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Blue Vein, Winnebago, Campania, DeadwoodGold, TungstenOccurrenceGold
Champion, Lone StarGold, Silver, CopperOccurrenceVein
Clark TunnelTungsten, Silver, GoldUnknown
Cougar, GreybackMolybdenum, TungstenOccurrenceMolybdenite
Ellis LodeGold, Garnet, Copper, Silver, ZincPast Producer
FairheavenEmery, SilverPast Producer
Golder-Passarella ClaimsUraniumProspect
Iowa Girl LodeGold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Lucky Strike, Last NickelTungsten, Lead, ZincProducerFerberite, Galena

Every working recorded in Gilpin 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
Pactolus0.5 miles25
Pinecliffe1.7 miles25
Rollinsville2.3 miles29
Gilpin3.4 miles29
Phoenix (historical)4.1 miles29
Perigo (historical)4.9 miles29
Wideawake (historical)6.0 miles27
Baltimore (historical)6.3 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 181136. 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.