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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.

Oxyoke within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 32 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

290 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural202
Missing data/not specified/undetermined44
Recreation and ceremony21
Arson/incendiarism6
Debris and open burning4
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Firearms and explosives use2
Fireworks2

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
8 September 2013Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestGUNBARREL
8 September 2013Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestWEST NODDLES
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestWILLOW
4 September 2019Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestLONG SCRAGGY
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestSHIRT
3 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestSHOOTER 2
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersSEDALIA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Andre-Horse Creek PlacerGoldOccurrencePlacer
Big Bertha MineQuartz, Feldspar, Thorium, REEPast Producer1947, 1953
Orthite #1 & Sunset GroupsREE, ZirconiumOccurrenceAllanite, Zircon
Orthite No 1 and Sunset GroupZirconiumProducer
Shuttle Run MineFeldspar, Quartz, REEPast ProducerAllanite, Gadolinite, Quartz
Three MusketeersFeldspar, Fluorine-Fluorite, Potassium, QuartzPast Producer
White CloudTantalum, Niobium (Columbium), REEOccurrenceFergusonite
Yammy Yogurt MineQuartz, REEPast Producer1962
Pine CreekFluorine-FluoritePast Producer
UnknownFluorine-FluoriteProducer

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
Snow Water Springs2.8 miles32
Trumbull3.0 miles32
Buffalo Creek6.9 miles33
South Platte7.3 miles27
Riverview7.5 miles33
Ferndale7.7 miles33
Longview7.9 miles27
Dome Rock8.2 miles27

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 Q122569679The 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.