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Roxborough, Colorado

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Sedalia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80125. It stands on Little Willow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kassler quadrangle.

Roxborough within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 33 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

94 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Roxborough between 1993 and 2020, burning about 757 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined37
Natural31
Smoking9
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism4
Fireworks3
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning1

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
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueN/A
5 September 2010Fireworks3.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
30 September 2001Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestWATERTON
2 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
11 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
11 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
31 August 2017Natural6.0 acresPike and San Isabel National ForestWATERTON
27 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresSouth 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 57 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 57 workings within 5 miles of Roxborough: 30 producers, 15 occurrences, 11 past producers, 1 unknown. 30 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), 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
Bonzo No. 1 ClaimUranium, CopperOccurrenceMalachite, Pitchblende
Helmer Bros. QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Helmer Lime QuarryClay, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Roxborough ParkStone, Crushed/Broken, Magnesite, StonePast Producer
UnknownMica, FeldsparOccurrenceFeldspar, Mica
Unnamed Copper ProspectCopper, Uranium, Nickel, CobaltOccurrenceVein
Waterton Sand & Clay Co.Fire Clay (Refractory), Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand
Kaminski ProspectUraniumOccurrenceEuxenite
Louviers PlantREEProducer
Molycorp Inc Louviers PlantREEProducer

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
Roxborough Park0.3 miles33
Sterling Ranch3.5 miles21
Louviers4.2 miles33
Acequia4.8 miles21
Kellytown4.9 miles26
Pine Nook5.9 miles33
Blakeland6.8 miles21
Sedalia7.0 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2677776. 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.