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.
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.
- Peggy Hill Cabinlisted 2025 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 29 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
- 1953 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Palmer Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Palmer Lake quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1983 USGS Castle Rock quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Palmer Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Palmer Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
205 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 119 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 30 |
| Natural | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | MT HERMAN RD |
| 8 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | MONUMENT ROCK |
| 6 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | MT HERMAN |
| 5 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 29 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tri Lakes Monument Fire Rescue Authority | UNKNOWN |
| 23 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Larkspur Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 22 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | 320 A |
| 20 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Higginson Pit | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Sand and Gravel | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Moore Property | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Park | 0.6 miles | 29 | |
| Palmer Lake | 0.8 miles | 29 | |
| Monument | 2.4 miles | 28 | |
| Woodmoor | 3.3 miles | 28 | |
| Gleneagle | 6.4 miles | 28 | |
| La Foret | 12.5 miles | 29 | |
| Black Forest | 13.0 miles | 29 | |
| Chipita Park | 14.0 miles | 25 |
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.










