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Mount Olivet, Colorado

28 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 80002. The Survey maps it on the Golden quadrangle.

Mount Olivet within Jefferson County

On record in Mount Olivet

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 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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

1,037 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,037 fires within 5 miles of Mount Olivet between 2003 and 2020, burning about 291 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 16 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/undetermined884
Equipment and vehicle use37
Smoking31
Arson/incendiarism16
Recreation and ceremony16
Fireworks12
Debris and open burning11
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Natural9
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Other causes2

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 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersARVADA
9 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArvada Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePleasant View Fire DepartmentN/A
6 September 2020Smokingunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 56 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 56 workings within 5 miles of Mount Olivet: 27 producers, 19 occurrences, 6 past producers, 4 unknowns. 27 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), 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
Alumet Pilot PlantAluminumUnknown
Amax MillUraniumProducer
Ladwig PropertiesUranium, VanadiumPast Producer
North Table MountainZeolitesProducer
Rio Grande PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, SilverPast Producer1973
Golden Granite QuarryGraniteProducerGranite
Hard Rock QuarriesGraniteProducerGranite
Clear Creek Sand & Gravel Gold DepSand and Gravel, Construction, GoldOccurrence
Linda 1&2 MineGoldOccurrence
North Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Rainbow Ridge0.6 miles28
Candlelight1.3 miles28
Meadow Lake1.3 miles28
Crestmont Heights1.3 miles28
Skyline Estates1.4 miles24
Applewood Village1.6 miles28
Cambridge Park1.9 miles24
Ralston Estates2.0 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 181634. 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.