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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.

Riva Chase within Jefferson County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 24 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

302 since 2003

Regional 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/undetermined243
Smoking17
Equipment and vehicle use15
Natural11
Recreation and ceremony5
Fireworks4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Debris and open burning1
Arson/incendiarism1

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 2019Naturalunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePleasant View Fire DepartmentN/A
7 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGolden Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
6 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersGOLDEN
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
4 September 2018Missing 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 119 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Alumet Pilot PlantAluminumUnknown
Bear CreekGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Burroughs Feldspar MineFeldspar, Beryllium, Mica, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Bismuth, REE, Uranium, Thorium, LithiumPast Producer1942, 1944
Capitol CentralLead, Gold, Silver, ZincUnknown
FoothillsGold, SilverPast Producer
Genessee Mountain Scheelite OccurrenceTungstenOccurrenceScheelite
Grapevine MineUranium, VanadiumPast Producer1955
Jefferson County Iron MinesIronOccurrence1880
LadwigUranium, CopperProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Pitchblende
Malachite MineGold, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Nickel, LeadPast Producer1866, 1888

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
Genesee1.1 miles24
Paradise Hills1.2 miles24
Genesee Ridge1.3 miles24
Cody Park1.5 miles24
Panorama Heights2.0 miles25
Idledale2.2 miles25
Mount Vernon Club Place2.7 miles24
Heritage Dells2.9 miles25

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 Q122554480The 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.