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Northwood Acres, 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 80007. It lies near Leyden Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Golden quadrangle.

Northwood Acres within Jefferson 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

372 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 372 fires within 5 miles of Northwood Acres between 1996 and 2020, burning about 173 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined324
Equipment and vehicle use11
Natural8
Smoking8
Recreation and ceremony4
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Debris and open burning3
Fireworks3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes1
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
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 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArvada Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
30 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArvada Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
3 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArvada Fire Protection DistrictN/A
3 September 2017Smokingunder an acreArvada Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersGOLDEN
3 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 Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 64 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 64 workings within 5 miles of Northwood Acres: 33 producers, 22 occurrences, 7 past producers, 2 unknowns. 33 still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite. 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
Beryl Ores MillBerylliumPast Producer
Ladwig PropertiesUranium, VanadiumPast Producer
North Table MountainZeolitesProducer
Old LeydenUranium, GraphiteOccurrence
Old Leyden Coal MineVanadium, UraniumPast Producer1874, 1950
Old Leyden MineCoal, UraniumPast Producer1874, 1950, 1956
Rio Grande PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, SilverPast Producer1973
UnknownLimestone, GeneralOccurrenceLimestone
UnknownGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrenceSedimentary
Youngfield PitSand and Gravel, Construction, GoldPast Producer1979

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
Sherwood Farms0.4 miles28
Supreme Estates0.5 miles28
Meadow Wood Farms0.6 miles28
Cameo Estates0.9 miles28
Eldorado Estates0.9 miles28
Leyden1.0 miles28
Village of Five Parks1.0 miles28
Quaker Acres1.0 miles28

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122543930The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2354930. 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.