Oxyoke, Colorado
32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the South Jefferson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80425. It stands on Gunbarrel Creek. The Survey maps it on the Deckers quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 32 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1893 USGS Platte Canyon quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1953 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Deckers quadrangle1:24000, 12 printings
- 1957 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Bailey quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Deckers quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
290 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 290 fires within 5 miles of Oxyoke between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,559 acres in total. 202 started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 202 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 44 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | GUNBARREL |
| 8 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | WEST NODDLES |
| 7 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | WILLOW |
| 4 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | LONG SCRAGGY |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | SHIRT |
| 3 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | SHOOTER 2 |
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | SEDALIA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Oxyoke: 9 past producers, 6 producers, 3 occurrences. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Feldspar, REE, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andre-Horse Creek Placer | Gold | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Big Bertha Mine | Quartz, Feldspar, Thorium, REE | Past Producer | 1947, 1953 | |
| Orthite #1 & Sunset Groups | REE, Zirconium | Occurrence | Allanite, Zircon | |
| Orthite No 1 and Sunset Group | Zirconium | Producer | ||
| Shuttle Run Mine | Feldspar, Quartz, REE | Past Producer | Allanite, Gadolinite, Quartz | |
| Three Musketeers | Feldspar, Fluorine-Fluorite, Potassium, Quartz | Past Producer | ||
| White Cloud | Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium), REE | Occurrence | Fergusonite | |
| Yammy Yogurt Mine | Quartz, REE | Past Producer | 1962 | |
| Pine Creek | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Fluorine-Fluorite | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snow Water Springs | 2.8 miles | 32 | |
| Trumbull | 3.0 miles | 32 | |
| Buffalo Creek | 6.9 miles | 33 | |
| South Platte | 7.3 miles | 27 | |
| Riverview | 7.5 miles | 33 | |
| Ferndale | 7.7 miles | 33 | |
| Longview | 7.9 miles | 27 | |
| Dome Rock | 8.2 miles | 27 |
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 Q122569679 | The 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 183547. 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.







