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Phillipsburg, Colorado

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the South Jefferson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80127. It stands on South Fork Deer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Indian Hills quadrangle.

Phillipsburg within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 23 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

99 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Phillipsburg between 2003 and 2020, burning about 376 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined73
Natural8
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1
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
5 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersLITTLETON
28 September 2011Smoking20 acresRocky Flats National Wildlife RefugeINDIANA WF
27 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
22 September 2015Smokingunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
2 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
19 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
14 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson 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 Phillipsburg: 10 producers, 9 occurrences, 3 past producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Feldspar, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. 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
Bigger Mica MineFeldspar, Mica, Beryllium, Uranium, Bismuth, Niobium (Columbium), REE, Tin, TantalumPast Producer1884, 1935
Bigger Mica MineFeldspar, Quartz, BerylliumPast Producer
Buckman Ranch PegmatiteIron, Beryllium, Gemstone, Quartz, Garnet, Mica, FeldsparOccurrenceBeryl, Feldspar, Garnet, Magnetite, Mica, Quartz, Tourmaline
Deer Creek MineGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Deer Creek South Pit QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Fenders-Magnotte PegFeldspar, Mica, Quartz, Garnet, GemstoneOccurrenceGarnet, Muscovite, Plagioclase, Quartz, Tourmaline
Iowa GulchQuartz, Feldspar, Mica, Gemstone, Garnet, IronOccurrenceBiotite, Garnet, Magnetite, Microcline, Muscovite, Plagioclase, Quartz, Tourmaline
Iowa Gulch PegmatiteQuartzProducer
Malden School PegFeldspar, Quartz, Garnet, MicaOccurrenceFeldspar, Garnet, Mica, Quartz
Qualla and Young Sampson LodesCopper, Zinc, Silver, Lead, GoldOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite

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
Homewood Park0.7 miles23
Deermont2.1 miles23
Homestead2.8 miles23
The Valley2.9 miles23
Fenders2.9 miles23
Sky Village3.3 miles23
Golden Meadows3.4 miles23
Doubleheader Ranch3.4 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 182582. 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.