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Pine Nook, Colorado

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Sedalia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80135. It lies near Thomas Hill. The Survey maps it on the Kassler quadrangle.

Pine Nook within Douglas County

On record in Pine Nook

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

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

149 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 149 fires within 5 miles of Pine Nook between 1992 and 2020, burning about 308 acres in total. 60 started naturally. 3 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
Natural60
Missing data/not specified/undetermined40
Recreation and ceremony31
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking4
Fireworks3
Arson/incendiarism3
Firearms and explosives use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresPike and San Isabel National Forest787
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueN/A
7 September 2019Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestGARBER
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestRUSSEL RIDGE
4 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestINDIAN CREEK
3 September 2002Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestBIRTHDAY
20 September 1998Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestMOON RIDGE
12 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePike and San Isabel National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Pine Nook: 10 occurrences, 9 past producers, 4 producers, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mica, Feldspar, Uranium. 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
California QuarryFeldspar, REE, Niobium (Columbium)Past ProducerMicrocline, Pyrochlore
Helmer Bros.Fire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
Helmer Lime QuarryClay, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Pine CreekFluorine-FluoritePast Producer
Roxborough ParkStone, Crushed/Broken, Magnesite, StonePast Producer
Saddle Rock RanchSilica, QuartzPast Producer
UnknownMica, FeldsparOccurrenceFeldspar, Mica
Unnamed Copper ProspectCopper, Uranium, Nickel, CobaltOccurrenceVein
WildcatClayPast Producer
Unnamed Copper ProspectCopperOccurrenceVein

Every working recorded in Douglas 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
Moonridge2.8 miles29
Shamballah-Ashrama3.5 miles29
Sprucewood3.6 miles29
Twin Cedars5.4 miles32
Nighthawk5.6 miles32
Roxborough5.9 miles33
Roxborough Park6.2 miles33
Sedalia6.9 miles26

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122569631The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 183366. 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.