Roswell, Colorado
32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Colorado Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80907. It stands on Douglas Creek. The Survey maps it on the Colorado Springs quadrangle.
On record in Roswell
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 3 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Navajo Hoganlisted 1990 · 0.1 miles away
Fort Collins Municipal Railway No. 22listed 2011 · 0.8 miles away
Old North End Historic District (Boundary Increase)listed 2015 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 32 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.
- 1893 USGS Colorado Springs quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1909 USGS Colorado Springs quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1942 USGS Colorado Springs quadrangle1:125000
- 1948 USGS Colorado Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Colorado Springs quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Colorado Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Colorado Springs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Colorado Springs quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1962 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Colorado Springs quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
1,911 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,911 fires within 5 miles of Roswell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 743 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined | 1698 |
| Smoking | 92 |
| Debris and open burning | 40 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 37 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Fireworks | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
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 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 9 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado Springs Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 9 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado Springs Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 9 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado Springs Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 8 September 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Colorado Springs Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Colorado Springs Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 7 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado Springs Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 52 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 52 workings within 5 miles of Roswell: 32 producers, 13 occurrences, 5 past producers, 2 unknowns. 32 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Canyon | Magnesite, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Black Canyon | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Magnesite | Past Producer | ||
| Blair Athol Mine | Copper, Uranium, Manganese | Past Producer | Chalcocite | |
| Castle Concrete Lennox B | Magnesite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Gold Hill Mesa tailings | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | tailings | |
| Kenmuir | Stone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Springs Silica Co | Silica, Quartz | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Garden of the Gods | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papeton | 0.9 miles | 32 | |
| Colorado Springs | 2.7 miles | 32 | |
| Pikeview | 2.9 miles | 32 | |
| Knob Hill | 3.0 miles | 32 | |
| Glen Eyrie | 3.7 miles | 34 | |
| Ivywild | 4.4 miles | 32 | |
| Stratton Meadows | 4.9 miles | 32 | |
| Manitou Springs | 5.3 miles | 37 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Roswell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16984219 | 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 193476. 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.














