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Marshall, Colorado

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Boulder census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80303. It lies near Davidson Mesa. The Survey maps it on the Louisville quadrangle.

Marshall within Boulder County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

574 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 574 fires within 5 miles of Marshall between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,782 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined463
Equipment and vehicle use30
Smoking29
Natural13
Recreation and ceremony12
Arson/incendiarism9
Fireworks6
Debris and open burning6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
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
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBoulder Fire Rescue DepartmentUNKNOWN
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBoulder Fire Rescue DepartmentUNKNOWN
8 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBoulder Fire Rescue DepartmentUNKNOWN
8 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBoulder Fire Rescue DepartmentUNKNOWN
6 September 2020Smokingunder an acreBoulder Fire Rescue DepartmentN/A
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRocky Mountain Fire Protection DistrictN/A
5 September 2020Naturalunder an acreBoulder Fire Rescue DepartmentN/A
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boulder County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 36 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Marshall: 13 producers, 12 occurrences, 10 past producers, 1 unknown. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Eldorado SpringsGeothermalUnknown
Fox Hills OutcropCoal, UraniumPast Producer
Lewis LodeBituminous, UraniumPast Producer
Marshal Or Langford Surface IronIronProducerLimonite, Siderite
Rock PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Valmont MillSilver, Copper, Gold, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
StumpGold, SilverOccurrence
Cracker JackTungstenPast Producer
Lease Tailings PondUraniumProducer
Sunday TungstenTungstenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Boulder County

Storms near this place

8 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marshall in 8 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 8 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2025HailMarshall-Report from Mping.
May 2025HailMarshall-Picture of 1 inch hail on Twitter.
July 2019HailMarshall-no account filed
June 2018HailMarshall-no account filed
June 2018HailMarshall-no account filed
May 2018HailMarshall-no account filed
June 2013HailMarshall-no account filed
June 2009HailMarshall-no account filed

Every storm 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
Eldorado Springs3.0 miles31
Superior3.2 miles25
Paragon Estates3.4 miles25
Rock Creek4.1 miles25
Boulder Junction4.4 miles26
Boulder4.6 miles29
Ara4.9 miles29
Valmont5.3 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 181244. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.