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Peaceful Valley, Colorado

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Upper St. Vrain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80540. It stands on Beaver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Raymond quadrangle.

Peaceful Valley within Boulder County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 27 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

111 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Peaceful Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 514 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined52
Natural27
Recreation and ceremony24
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks2
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Debris and open burning1

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 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandBEAVER
7 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandLEFT HAND RESERVOIR
7 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-Boulder Districtnot named
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLefthand Fire Protection DistrictN/A
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandSLAUGHTERHOUSE
5 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandTIMBERLINE FALLS
5 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandBUNCE SCHOOL
4 September 2015Naturalunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandBRAINARD ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boulder County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 97 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 97 workings within 5 miles of Peaceful Valley: 48 past producers, 35 occurrences, 7 producers, 4 prospects. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Uranium, Gold, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Brainard Lake PlantCopper, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Buena MineSilver, Gold, Copper, Tungsten, Fluorine-FluoritePast ProducerKrennerite, Gold, Sylvanite, Petzite
DaisyGold, TungstenOccurrenceGold
Eldorado QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Fair DayUranium, VanadiumPast Producer
Fair Day MineUranium, VanadiumPast Producer1865
Hopewell and RustyGold, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Last ChanceGold, MercuryOccurrenceGold, Mercury
Mona No 9 ClaimBeryllium, Mica, TantalumProducerBeryl, Columbite, Tantalite
NevcoGold, Lead, Silver, CopperPast 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
Hidden Lake1.8 miles28
Raymond2.4 miles27
Bark Ranch3.2 miles28
Arrowood3.9 miles28
Ward4.1 miles28
Ferncliff4.2 miles28
Pine Valley4.2 miles27
Riverside4.4 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 202549. 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.