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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 25 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.
- 1899 USGS West Denver quadrangle1:125000
- 1942 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1983 USGS Denver West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
574 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 463 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 30 |
| Smoking | 29 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Boulder Fire Rescue Department | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Boulder Fire Rescue Department | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Boulder Fire Rescue Department | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Boulder Fire Rescue Department | UNKNOWN |
| 6 September 2020 | Smoking | under an acre | Boulder Fire Rescue Department | N/A |
| 5 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Rocky Mountain Fire Protection District | N/A |
| 5 September 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Boulder Fire Rescue Department | N/A |
| 5 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 36 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eldorado Springs | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Fox Hills Outcrop | Coal, Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Lewis Lode | Bituminous, Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Marshal Or Langford Surface Iron | Iron | Producer | Limonite, Siderite | |
| Rock Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Valmont Mill | Silver, Copper, Gold, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Stump | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Cracker Jack | Tungsten | Past Producer | ||
| Lease Tailings Pond | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Sunday Tungsten | Tungsten | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2009Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Hail | Marshall | - | Report from Mping. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Marshall | - | Picture of 1 inch hail on Twitter. |
| July 2019 | Hail | Marshall | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Marshall | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Marshall | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Marshall | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Marshall | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Marshall | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eldorado Springs | 3.0 miles | 31 | |
| Superior | 3.2 miles | 25 | |
| Paragon Estates | 3.4 miles | 25 | |
| Rock Creek | 4.1 miles | 25 | |
| Boulder Junction | 4.4 miles | 26 | |
| Boulder | 4.6 miles | 29 | |
| Ara | 4.9 miles | 29 | |
| Valmont | 5.3 miles | 26 |
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.










