Piney Creek, Colorado
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the South Aurora census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80015. The Survey maps it on the Parker quadrangle.
On record in Piney Creek
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.
Melvin Schoollisted 1984 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 24 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.
- 1890 USGS East Denver quadrangle1:125000
- 1935 USGS East Denver Nos. 3 and 4 quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Parker quadrangle1:31680
- 1949 USGS Parker quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Parker quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Parker quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1981 USGS Denver East quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
806 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 806 fires within 5 miles of Piney Creek between 1994 and 2020, burning about 308 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 34 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 | 624 |
| Smoking | 54 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 34 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 31 |
| Fireworks | 20 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Cunningham Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Aurora Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Aurora Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 7 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | South Metro Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Aurora Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Piney Creek: 9 unknowns, 6 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Creek Placers | Gold | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Cherry Creek Placers | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Cherry Creek Sand Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shenandoah | 1.1 miles | 26 | |
| Cherry Creek East | 1.4 miles | 24 | |
| Woodgate | 1.4 miles | 26 | |
| Pheasant Run | 1.7 miles | 26 | |
| Foxfield | 1.8 miles | 24 | |
| Summer Valley | 1.8 miles | 26 | |
| Sundown | 1.8 miles | 26 | |
| Summer Lake | 1.8 miles | 26 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2088575. 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.










