BlockBefore

Oehlmann Park, Colorado

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the South Jefferson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80433. It lies near Pleasant Park. The Survey maps it on the Conifer quadrangle.

Oehlmann Park within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

68 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Oehlmann Park between 1998 and 2020, burning about 53 acres in total. 9 started naturally. None was 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/undetermined57
Natural9
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
4 September 2019Naturalunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
27 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNorth Fork Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
14 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
19 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersCONIFER
18 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreInter-Canyon Fire RescueN/A
17 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
16 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreInter-Canyon Fire RescueUNKNOWN
14 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreInter-Canyon 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 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Oehlmann Park: 9 occurrences, 7 past producers, 5 producers, 1 unknown. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, Uranium. 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
Babe of the WoodsCadmium, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer1876
Bigger Mica MineFeldspar, Mica, Beryllium, Uranium, Bismuth, Niobium (Columbium), REE, Tin, TantalumPast Producer1884, 1935
Bigger Mica MineFeldspar, Quartz, BerylliumPast Producer
Billiken and Black Knight LodesUranium, CopperOccurrence1900
Buckman Ranch PegmatiteIron, Beryllium, Gemstone, Quartz, Garnet, Mica, FeldsparOccurrenceBeryl, Feldspar, Garnet, Magnetite, Mica, Quartz, Tourmaline
Cook PropertyCopper, Lead, ZincOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Sphalerite
Evergreen MeadowsStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Fenders-Magnotte PegFeldspar, Mica, Quartz, Garnet, GemstoneOccurrenceGarnet, Muscovite, Plagioclase, Quartz, Tourmaline
Kennedy Gulch Magnetite DepositIronOccurrenceMagnetite
Malden School PegFeldspar, Quartz, Garnet, MicaOccurrenceFeldspar, Garnet, Mica, Quartz

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
Sky Village2.3 miles23
Aspen Park2.3 miles21
Conifer2.4 miles21
Doubleheader Ranch2.8 miles23
Green Valley Acres3.0 miles21
Homestead3.5 miles23
Homewood Park3.6 miles23
Broken Arrow Acres3.7 miles21

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 Q122570853The 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 182547. 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.