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Plainview, Colorado

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Golden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80403. It lies near Coal Creek Peak. The Survey maps it on the Eldorado Springs quadrangle.

Plainview within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 31 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

75 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Plainview between 1992 and 2020, burning about 261 acres in total. 11 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined56
Natural11
Arson/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
20 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCoal Creek Canyon Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
2 September 2018Naturalunder an acreGolden Gate Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
2 September 1996Natural104 acresRocky Flats National Wildlife RefugeLABOR DAY FIRE
18 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCoal Creek Canyon Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
17 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCoal Creek Canyon Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
12 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCoal Creek Canyon Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
7 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBoulder County OfficeCRESCENT MEADOW
7 August 2020Naturalunder an acreCoal Creek Canyon Fire DepartmentN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 61 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 61 workings within 5 miles of Plainview: 25 producers, 21 occurrences, 11 past producers, 3 unknowns. 25 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), Uranium, Stone. 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
Bankers Lode ClaimCopper, UraniumOccurrenceChalcocite
Coal CreekFluorine-FluoriteProducer
Drew Hill Pegnatite No 1FeldsparProducer
Drew Hill ProspectBeryllium, Mica, FeldsparOccurrenceChrysoberyl, Muscovite
Eldorado SpringsGeothermalUnknown
Mena MineUranium, Iron, Molybdenum, Silver, Zinc, Bismuth, Nickel, Copper, LeadPast Producer1949, 1956, 1962
North Star MineCopper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, UraniumPast Producer1895
Old LeydenUranium, GraphiteOccurrence
Old Leyden Coal MineVanadium, UraniumPast Producer1874, 1950
Old Leyden MineCoal, UraniumPast Producer1874, 1950, 1956

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
Twin Spruce4.4 miles31
Spring Mesa5.6 miles28
Leyden5.9 miles28
Eldorado Estates6.1 miles28
Meadow Wood Farms6.4 miles28
Quaker Acres6.4 miles28
Sherwood Farms6.9 miles28
Northwood Acres6.9 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 181175. 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.