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Monte Vista Estates, Colorado

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Castle Rock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80109. The Survey maps it on the Dawson Butte quadrangle.

Monte Vista Estates within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 28 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

364 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 364 fires within 5 miles of Monte Vista Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,201 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined275
Natural22
Equipment and vehicle use19
Smoking14
Arson/incendiarism12
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Recreation and ceremony5
Fireworks4
Debris and open burning4

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 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCastle Rock Fire & Rescue DepartmentUNKNOWN
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCastle Rock Fire & Rescue DepartmentN/A
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCastle Rock Fire & Rescue DepartmentUNKNOWN
5 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
4 September 2017Smokingunder an acreCastle Rock Fire & Rescue DepartmentUNKNOWN
4 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
28 September 2018Smokingunder an acreCastle Rock Fire & Rescue DepartmentUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Monte Vista Estates: 16 producers, 3 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Johnson, Scott, & BrickyardFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
M Y MGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
UnknownStone, DimensionProducerTuff
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
ClaypitClayProducer
ClaypitClayProducer
ClaypitClayProducer
DitmarSand and Gravel, Construction, StonePast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel

Every working recorded in Douglas 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
Castle Rock3.5 miles28
Orsa3.9 miles26
Tomah4.7 miles28
Silver Heights4.7 miles28
Castle Pines Village4.9 miles26
Sedalia5.3 miles26
Happy Canyon5.5 miles28
Founders Village6.0 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 185123. 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.