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Ralston Estates, Colorado

28 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 80004. It stands on Moon Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Golden quadrangle.

Ralston Estates within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

610 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 610 fires within 5 miles of Ralston Estates between 2001 and 2020, burning about 217 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined525
Equipment and vehicle use21
Smoking12
Recreation and ceremony9
Fireworks8
Arson/incendiarism8
Debris and open burning8
Natural5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Railroad operations and maintenance3
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 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersARVADA
9 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArvada Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
6 September 2020Smokingunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueN/A
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
4 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 41 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Ralston Estates: 17 producers, 16 occurrences, 5 past producers, 3 unknowns. 17 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory), Clay, Granite. 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
Beryl Ores MillBerylliumPast Producer
Ladwig PropertiesUranium, VanadiumPast Producer
North Table MountainZeolitesProducer
Old LeydenUranium, GraphiteOccurrence
Rio Grande PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, SilverPast Producer1973
UnknownGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrenceSedimentary
Golden Granite QuarryGraniteProducerGranite
Hard Rock QuarriesGraniteProducerGranite
Swadley PlacersGoldPast Producer1858, 1859
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Meadow Lake0.7 miles28
Ralston Valley0.8 miles28
Candlelight1.0 miles28
Crestmont Heights1.0 miles28
Maplewood Acres1.4 miles24
Lamplighter1.5 miles24
Supreme Estates1.5 miles28
Cameo Estates1.6 miles28

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.

Wikidata item Q122549197The 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 2354942. 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.