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Richlawn Hills, Colorado

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Parker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80134. It lies near Lemon Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Castle Rock North quadrangle.

Richlawn Hills within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

287 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 287 fires within 5 miles of Richlawn Hills between 1994 and 2020, burning about 139 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined201
Natural20
Equipment and vehicle use19
Smoking15
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Arson/incendiarism10
Fireworks5
Recreation and ceremony4
Other causes2

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
8 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
8 September 1994Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreDouglas Countynot named
7 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresCastle Rock Fire & Rescue DepartmentUNKNOWN
4 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCastle Rock Fire & Rescue DepartmentUNKNOWN
4 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouth Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
4 September 1994Naturalunder an acreDouglas Countynot named
3 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Richlawn Hills: 3 occurrences, 3 producers, 3 past producers, 2 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Gold, 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
Newlin GulchFeldsparPast Producer
FranktownSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Newlin Gulch Gold OccurrenceGoldOccurrencePlacer
Newlin Gulch PlacerGoldOccurrence1895
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSedimentary
ClaypitClayProducer
ClaypitClayProducer
MadisClayPast Producer
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

Every working recorded in Douglas 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
Cherry Creek Highlands2.5 miles24
The Pinery2.7 miles30
Parker3.8 miles24
Crestview3.9 miles30
Hidden Vilage4.0 miles30
Stepping Stone4.0 miles24
Clarke Farms4.3 miles24
Saddlebrook4.4 miles24

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 Q122555795The 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 2085583. 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.