Riva Chase, Colorado
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Golden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80401. It lies near Lininger Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Evergreen quadrangle.
On record in Riva Chase
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Thiede Ranchlisted 1996 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 24 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1899 USGS West Denver quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evergreen quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Evergreen quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS Evergreen quadrangle1:24000, 8 printings
- 1971 USGS Evergreen quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Denver West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Evergreen quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
302 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 302 fires within 5 miles of Riva Chase between 2003 and 2020, burning about 1,758 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined | 243 |
| Smoking | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | West Metro Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pleasant View Fire Department | N/A |
| 7 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Golden Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | GOLDEN |
| 5 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | West Metro Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 4 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Golden Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 119 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 119 workings within 5 miles of Riva Chase: 62 producers, 35 occurrences, 18 past producers, 3 unknowns. 62 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alumet Pilot Plant | Aluminum | Unknown | ||
| Bear Creek | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| Burroughs Feldspar Mine | Feldspar, Beryllium, Mica, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Bismuth, REE, Uranium, Thorium, Lithium | Past Producer | 1942, 1944 | |
| Capitol Central | Lead, Gold, Silver, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Foothills | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Genessee Mountain Scheelite Occurrence | Tungsten | Occurrence | Scheelite | |
| Grapevine Mine | Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | 1955 | |
| Jefferson County Iron Mines | Iron | Occurrence | 1880 | |
| Ladwig | Uranium, Copper | Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pitchblende | |
| Malachite Mine | Gold, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Nickel, Lead | Past Producer | 1866, 1888 |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genesee | 1.1 miles | 24 | |
| Paradise Hills | 1.2 miles | 24 | |
| Genesee Ridge | 1.3 miles | 24 | |
| Cody Park | 1.5 miles | 24 | |
| Panorama Heights | 2.0 miles | 25 | |
| Idledale | 2.2 miles | 25 | |
| Mount Vernon Club Place | 2.7 miles | 24 | |
| Heritage Dells | 2.9 miles | 25 |
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 Q122554480 | The 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 2354972. 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.










