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Paragon Estates, Colorado

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Boulder census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80303. The Survey maps it on the Louisville quadrangle. 975 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,500 feet above sea level.

Paragon Estates within Boulder County

Population over time

2 figures

Paragon Estates grew from 928 to 975 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010928
2020975+47 (+5%)

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

503 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 503 fires within 5 miles of Paragon Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,290 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined390
Smoking32
Equipment and vehicle use26
Arson/incendiarism14
Natural13
Recreation and ceremony10
Debris and open burning7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Fireworks5
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBoulder Fire Rescue DepartmentUNKNOWN
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBoulder Fire Rescue DepartmentUNKNOWN
8 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBoulder Fire Rescue DepartmentUNKNOWN
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDenver CountyUNKNOWN
6 September 2020Smokingunder an acreBoulder Fire Rescue DepartmentN/A
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRocky Mountain Fire Protection DistrictN/A
5 September 2020Naturalunder an acreBoulder Fire Rescue DepartmentN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boulder 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 Paragon Estates: 8 past producers, 7 occurrences, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Clay, 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
Fox Hills OutcropCoal, UraniumPast Producer
Lewis LodeBituminous, UraniumPast Producer
Marshal Or Langford Surface IronIronProducerLimonite, Siderite
Valmont MillSilver, Copper, Gold, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
Cracker JackTungstenPast Producer
StumpGold, SilverOccurrence
Sunday TungstenTungstenPast Producer
Boulder Brick & Tile Co.ClayProducerClay
Colorado BrickClayProducer
Rocky Flats and PlainviewClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Boulder 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
Superior2.0 miles25
Louisville2.3 miles25
Boulder Junction3.0 miles26
Rock Creek3.3 miles25
Marshall3.4 miles25
Valmont4.0 miles26
Maple Grove4.4 miles20
Ninemile Corner4.4 miles22

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.

Wikipedia article on Paragon EstatesAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7134598The 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 181257. 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.