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Pine Crest, Colorado

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Monument census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80133. It stands on North Monument Creek. The Survey maps it on the Palmer Lake quadrangle.

Pine Crest within El Paso County

On record in Pine Crest

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 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 29 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

205 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 205 fires within 5 miles of Pine Crest between 1992 and 2020, burning about 421 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined119
Recreation and ceremony30
Natural22
Arson/incendiarism13
Equipment and vehicle use9
Smoking4
Debris and open burning4
Fireworks2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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 2007Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestMT HERMAN RD
8 September 2006Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestMONUMENT ROCK
6 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestMT HERMAN
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
29 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTri Lakes Monument Fire Rescue AuthorityUNKNOWN
23 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresLarkspur Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
22 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePike and San Isabel National Forest320 A
20 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Paso County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Pine Crest: 3 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Higginson PitGranitePast Producer
Sand and GravelStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
Moore PropertyClayPast Producer
UnknownClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in El Paso 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
Glen Park0.6 miles29
Palmer Lake0.8 miles29
Monument2.4 miles28
Woodmoor3.3 miles28
Gleneagle6.4 miles28
La Foret12.5 miles29
Black Forest13.0 miles29
Chipita Park14.0 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 193243. 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.