Pawnee Hills, Colorado
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Elizabeth census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80107. The Survey maps it on the Ponderosa Park quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 30 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.
- 1894 USGS Castle Rock quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1913 USGS Castle Rock quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1939 USGS Elizabeth quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1945 USGS Elizabeth quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Ponderosa Park quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1983 USGS Castle Rock quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
83 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Pawnee Hills between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,631 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 62 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | ELIZABETH |
| 9 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 31 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | ELIZABETH |
| 22 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Douglas County | not named |
| 22 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Douglas County | not named |
| 11 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Franktown Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 11 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | ELIZABETH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Pawnee Hills: 8 producers, 3 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Ronk Creek Placer Occurrence | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Gold | |
| Russellville Gulch Placer | Gold | Past Producer | 1858 | |
| Unknown | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ponderosa Park | 1.3 miles | 30 | |
| Cimarron | 1.5 miles | 30 | |
| Elizabeth | 3.2 miles | 27 | |
| Prairie Trail Ranches | 5.3 miles | 30 | |
| Parker Highlands | 5.4 miles | 30 | |
| Kiowa | 9.7 miles | 15 | |
| Elbert | 13.1 miles | 25 | |
| Fondis | 19.7 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2088862. 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.









