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Pine Grove, Colorado

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the South Jefferson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80470. It lies near Pine Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Pine quadrangle.

Pine Grove within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 33 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

145 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 145 fires within 5 miles of Pine Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,045 acres in total. 75 started naturally. None 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
Natural75
Missing data/not specified/undetermined47
Recreation and ceremony16
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Other causes1

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 2019Naturalunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
8 September 2013Naturalunder an acreNorth Fork Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
7 September 2018Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestSANDY
4 September 1994Natural2.0 acresPike and San Isabel National Forestnot named
3 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Fork Fire Protection DistrictN/A
9 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
6 August 2002Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestSANDY
6 August 1993Natural1.0 acresPike and San Isabel National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Pine Grove: 10 past producers, 10 producers, 5 occurrences, 3 unknowns. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Nickel, Stone, 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
AlphaGoldPast Producer
Becky SharpCopper, Gold, Lead, Silver, ZincPast ProducerUnderground
Buffalo MineLead, Gold, Silver, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer1895, 1898
Butterfield MineREE, Niobium (Columbium), TantalumPast ProducerFergusonite
Cooper QuarryQuartz, Feldspar, Uranium, Thorium, REEPast Producer1968
Little Patsy #1 & 2, Fawn #1Gemstone, Feldspar, Mica, Quartz, Fluorine-FluoriteProducerFeldspar, Fluorite, Mica, Quartz, Topaz
Little Patsy MineFeldspar, Quartz, Fluorine-Fluorite, REE, Thorium, Niobium (Columbium), TantalumPast Producer1967
Luster Lode ClaimMica, Gemstone, Feldspar, Quartz, Fluorine-FluoriteProducerFeldspar, Fluorite, Mica, Quartz, Topaz
Luster Lode QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Oregon #1 & 2 & 3 ClaimFeldspar, Quartz, Mica, Fluorine-Fluorite, GemstoneProducerFluorite, Mica, Quartz, Topaz

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
Sphinx Park1.1 miles33
Indian Springs Village1.5 miles33
Cliffdale2.8 miles29
Riverview3.1 miles33
Buffalo Creek3.3 miles33
Crossons3.4 miles29
Ferndale3.6 miles33
Glenelk4.0 miles33

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 183305. 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.