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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.

Roswell within El Paso County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 32 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

1,911 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined1698
Smoking92
Debris and open burning40
Equipment and vehicle use37
Natural17
Fireworks12
Recreation and ceremony8
Arson/incendiarism7

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado Springs Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
9 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado Springs Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
9 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado Springs Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
8 September 2018Smokingunder an acreColorado Springs Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
8 September 2018Smokingunder an acreColorado Springs Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado Springs Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Paso County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 52 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Black CanyonMagnesite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSedimentary
Black CanyonStone, Crushed/Broken, MagnesitePast Producer
Blair Athol MineCopper, Uranium, ManganesePast ProducerChalcocite
Castle Concrete Lennox BMagnesite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gold Hill Mesa tailingsGold, SilverPast Producertailings
KenmuirStone, DimensionProducer
Springs Silica CoSilica, QuartzPast Producer
UnknownClay, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
UnknownGemstoneOccurrence
Garden of the GodsGypsum-AnhydriteProducer

Every working recorded in El Paso 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
Papeton0.9 miles32
Colorado Springs2.7 miles32
Pikeview2.9 miles32
Knob Hill3.0 miles32
Glen Eyrie3.7 miles34
Ivywild4.4 miles32
Stratton Meadows4.9 miles32
Manitou Springs5.3 miles37

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 RoswellAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q16984219The 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.