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Panorama Heights, Colorado

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Golden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80401. It lies near Lookout Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Morrison quadrangle.

Panorama Heights within Jefferson County

On record in Panorama Heights

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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

367 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 367 fires within 5 miles of Panorama Heights between 2003 and 2020, burning about 1,896 acres in total. 12 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/undetermined290
Smoking22
Equipment and vehicle use18
Natural12
Recreation and ceremony5
Fireworks5
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Debris and open burning2
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 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
8 September 2019Naturalunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePleasant View Fire DepartmentN/A
7 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGolden Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
6 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersGOLDEN
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
4 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGolden Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 146 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 146 workings within 5 miles of Panorama Heights: 66 producers, 46 occurrences, 24 past producers, 6 unknowns. 66 still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Clay, Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Alumet Pilot PlantAluminumUnknown
Ascension MineUranium, Copper, LeadProducer1955, 1956, 1972
Buckman PropertyUranium, Copper, Lead, Molybdenum, Zinc, SilverOccurrenceVein
Capitol CentralLead, Gold, Silver, ZincUnknown
Cressman GulchBeryllium, Mica, FeldsparProducerBeryl, Feldspar, Muscovite
Cressmans Gulch ProspectFeldspar, Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, MicaPast ProducerBeryl, Microcline, Muscovite
FoothillsGold, SilverPast Producer
GrossoVanadium, UraniumProspect
Malachite MineGold, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Nickel, LeadPast Producer1866, 1888
North Table MountainZeolitesProducer

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
Paradise Hills0.9 miles24
Heritage Dells1.5 miles25
Cody Park1.6 miles24
Riva Chase2.0 miles24
Golden2.5 miles28
Mount Vernon Club Place2.8 miles24
Vernon Gardens2.8 miles25
Genesee3.0 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2354970. 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.