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Quimby, Colorado

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the West Adams census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80229. The Survey maps it on the Commerce City quadrangle.

Quimby within Adams County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 28 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

953 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 953 fires within 5 miles of Quimby between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,605 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 36 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/undetermined804
Arson/incendiarism36
Smoking29
Fireworks22
Recreation and ceremony18
Equipment and vehicle use11
Debris and open burning10
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Natural8
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance3

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersWESTMINSTER
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreThornton Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Metro Fire Rescue DistrictN/A
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Metro Fire Rescue DistrictN/A
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Metro Fire Rescue DistrictUNKNOWN
7 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreThornton Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Metro Fire Rescue DistrictUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Adams County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 71 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 71 workings within 5 miles of Quimby: 36 past producers, 18 unknowns, 9 producers, 8 occurrences. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Adams North PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, SilverPast Producer1956
UnknownGold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerPlacer
UnknownGold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, SilverOccurrence
Thornton PitSand and Gravel, Construction, GoldProducer1980
Adams County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Adams County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Albert Frei & Sons Sand and Gr PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Brannan Sand and Gravel Co PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Brannan Sand and Gravel Co PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Brannan Sand and Gravel Co PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Adams 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
Thornton1.5 miles28
Northglenn2.4 miles24
Welby2.7 miles28
Derby2.7 miles28
Rolla2.8 miles28
Dupont3.0 miles28
Irondale3.0 miles28
Hazeltine Heights3.0 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 203024. 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.