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Meadowbrook Heights, Colorado

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Northeast Jefferson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80128. It stands on Deer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Littleton quadrangle.

Meadowbrook Heights within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

388 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 388 fires within 5 miles of Meadowbrook Heights between 2003 and 2020, burning about 420 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined297
Smoking25
Equipment and vehicle use17
Arson/incendiarism14
Fireworks9
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony6
Debris and open burning6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
5 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
4 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLittleton Fire RescueUNKNOWN
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersLITTLETON
4 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
3 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLittleton Fire RescueUNKNOWN
28 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
28 September 2011Smoking20 acresRocky Flats National Wildlife RefugeINDIANA WF
27 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLittleton Fire RescueUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 47 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 47 workings within 5 miles of Meadowbrook Heights: 28 producers, 12 occurrences, 6 unknowns, 1 past producer. 28 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, 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
Deer Creek MineGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
No Name PegmatiteFeldsparProducer
Rock Products No 2StoneProducer
UnknownFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
UnknownFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Lariat MineClayProducer
New HedleyClayProducer
UnknownClayOccurrenceClay
UnknownClayOccurrenceClay
UnknownClayProducer

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Columbine Knolls1.2 miles21
Columbine Hills1.5 miles21
Ken Caryl1.6 miles21
The Ridge At Stony Creek1.6 miles21
Columbine2.0 miles21
Archer2.1 miles21
Normandy Estates2.3 miles21
Leawood3.1 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2355364. 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.