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Pleasant View, Colorado

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Northeast Jefferson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80401. It lies near Fairgrounds Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Morrison quadrangle.

Pleasant View within Jefferson County

On record in Pleasant View

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 4 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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

869 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 869 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant View between 2003 and 2020, burning about 374 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 23 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/undetermined691
Equipment and vehicle use41
Smoking39
Arson/incendiarism23
Recreation and ceremony17
Natural15
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Fireworks11
Debris and open burning11
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
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
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePleasant View Fire DepartmentN/A
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
7 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGolden Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 102 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 102 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant View: 52 producers, 41 occurrences, 5 past producers, 4 unknowns. 52 still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Alumet Pilot PlantAluminumUnknown
Centennial ConeBerylliumProducer
LadwigUranium, CopperProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Pitchblende
Ladwig PropertiesUranium, VanadiumPast Producer
North Table MountainZeolitesProducer
Rio Grande PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, SilverPast Producer1973
Soda Lakes, Soda SpringsSodiumProducer
UnknownSilicaOccurrence
UnknownDolomiteOccurrenceDolomite
Amax MillUraniumProducer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

18 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pleasant View in 18 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 15 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2008LightningPleasant View$100,000no account filed
June 2025HailPleasant View-Report from mping.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindPleasant View-Strong winds and hail caused extensive tree damage.
May 2023HailPleasant View-no account filed
June 2023HailPleasant View-no account filed
June 2023HailPleasant View-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindPleasant View-no account filed
May 2018HailPleasant View-no account filed
August 2018HailPleasant View-no account filed
May 2017HailPleasant View-no account filed
May 2017HailPleasant View-no account filed
May 2017HailPleasant View-no account filed
July 2016HailPleasant View-no account filed
September 2015HailPleasant View-no account filed
September 2015HailPleasant View-no account filed
August 2009HailPleasant View-no account filed
May 2007HailPleasant View-no account filed
May 2007HailPleasant View-no account filed

Every storm 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
Crestview Villa0.6 miles25
Vernon Gardens0.9 miles25
Golden Heights1.1 miles25
Applewood Grove1.5 miles25
Mountain View Estates1.5 miles25
Applewood1.7 miles28
College West Estates1.9 miles25
Daniels Garden2.1 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 182180. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.