Pine Valley, Colorado
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Idaho Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80439. It lies near Shaffer Hill. The Survey maps it on the Saddleback Mountain quadrangle. 363 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 8,412 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 18 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.
- 1899 USGS West Denver quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Squaw Pass quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Denver West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
72 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Pine Valley between 1995 and 2020, burning about 277 acres in total. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 54 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | N/A |
| 27 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | WARRIOR MOUNTAIN |
| 24 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Evergreen Fire/Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 20 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Evergreen Fire/Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 17 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Clear Creek County Office | FREIGHT STATION |
| 17 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Evergreen Fire/Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 14 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Evergreen Fire/Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 9 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 71 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 71 workings within 5 miles of Pine Valley: 28 past producers, 25 producers, 15 occurrences, 2 prospects. 25 still produce. What was taken out: Feldspar, Beryllium, Gold, Quartz. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajax | Mica, Feldspar, Quartz | Producer | Feldspar, Mica, Quartz | |
| Ajax Mica Mine | Mica, Feldspar, Quartz | Past Producer | ||
| Beaver Brook | Feldspar, Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Burroughs Feldspar Mine | Feldspar, Beryllium, Mica, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Bismuth, REE, Uranium, Thorium, Lithium | Past Producer | 1942, 1944 | |
| Capitol Central Mine | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | Galena, Sphalerite | |
| East Shaffer Hill Pegmatite | Feldspar, Tantalum, Copper, REE | Past Producer | 1938, 1945 | |
| Edwards | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Grover | Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium), REE, Tantalum, Mica, Feldspar | Producer | Beryl, Columbite, Feldspar, Mica, Monazite, Tantalite | |
| Grover | Uranium, REE, Zinc, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium), Beryllium, Garnet | Occurrence | Beryl, Columbite, Gahnite, Garnet, Monazite, Tantalite | |
| Grover | Feldspar, Beryllium, Mica, REE, Tantalum | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Echo Hills | 1.4 miles | 18 | |
| Upper Witter Gulch | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Blue Valley | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Brookvale | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| Argo Mill | 6.1 miles | 28 | |
| Idaho Springs | 6.4 miles | 28 | |
| Gilson Gulch | 7.0 miles | 27 | |
| Black Eagle Mill | 7.6 miles | 28 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Pine Valley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q104880119 | The 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 2804565. 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.






