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.
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.
Lorraine Lodgelisted 1984 · 0.5 miles away
Lookout Mountain Parklisted 1990 · 0.7 miles away
Colorow Point Parklisted 1990 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 25 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.
- 1899 USGS West Denver quadrangle1:125000
- 1938 USGS Morrison quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Morrison quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Morrison quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Morrison quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Morrison quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1983 USGS Denver West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
367 since 2003Regional 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/undetermined | 290 |
| Smoking | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | West Metro Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pleasant View Fire Department | N/A |
| 7 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Golden Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | GOLDEN |
| 5 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | West Metro Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 4 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Golden Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 146 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alumet Pilot Plant | Aluminum | Unknown | ||
| Ascension Mine | Uranium, Copper, Lead | Producer | 1955, 1956, 1972 | |
| Buckman Property | Uranium, Copper, Lead, Molybdenum, Zinc, Silver | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Capitol Central | Lead, Gold, Silver, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Cressman Gulch | Beryllium, Mica, Feldspar | Producer | Beryl, Feldspar, Muscovite | |
| Cressmans Gulch Prospect | Feldspar, Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Mica | Past Producer | Beryl, Microcline, Muscovite | |
| Foothills | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Grosso | Vanadium, Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Malachite Mine | Gold, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Nickel, Lead | Past Producer | 1866, 1888 | |
| North Table Mountain | Zeolites | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paradise Hills | 0.9 miles | 24 | |
| Heritage Dells | 1.5 miles | 25 | |
| Cody Park | 1.6 miles | 24 | |
| Riva Chase | 2.0 miles | 24 | |
| Golden | 2.5 miles | 28 | |
| Mount Vernon Club Place | 2.8 miles | 24 | |
| Vernon Gardens | 2.8 miles | 25 | |
| Genesee | 3.0 miles | 24 |
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.










