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Ninemile Corner, Colorado

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Lafayette-Louisville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80026. It lies near Bullhead Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Erie quadrangle.

Ninemile Corner within Boulder County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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

306 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 306 fires within 5 miles of Ninemile Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,356 acres in total. 9 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/undetermined218
Arson/incendiarism14
Smoking14
Equipment and vehicle use12
Recreation and ceremony12
Debris and open burning11
Natural9
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Fireworks6
Railroad operations and maintenance3
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
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMountain View Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
6 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersERIE
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRocky Mountain Fire Protection DistrictN/A
4 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-Boulder Districtnot named
3 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLafayette Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
29 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLouisville Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
29 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boulder County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Ninemile Corner: 6 occurrences, 5 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, 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
UnknownFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
BeaverGoldPast Producer
Standard MineGoldPast Producer
BakerSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Crane PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Erie PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
StateSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand and Gravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand and Gravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand and Gravel

Every working 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
Lafayette1.7 miles20
Leyner2.4 miles22
Liggett2.6 miles26
Tabor2.9 miles22
Louisville3.0 miles25
Canfield3.1 miles22
Maple Grove3.6 miles20
Erie3.7 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 178737. 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.