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Ruby Hill, Colorado

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Denver census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80223. It stands on Ruby Hill. The Survey maps it on the Fort Logan quadrangle.

Ruby Hill within Denver County

On record in Ruby Hill

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

10 surveys from 20 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

1,296 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,296 fires within 5 miles of Ruby Hill between 2010 and 2020, burning about 5,370 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 33 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/undetermined1119
Smoking34
Arson/incendiarism33
Equipment and vehicle use30
Recreation and ceremony22
Debris and open burning15
Fireworks14
Natural13
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes1

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
9 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersDENVER
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersDENVER
7 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreDenver Fire DepartmentN/A
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDenver Fire DepartmentN/A
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Denver County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Ruby Hill: 9 producers, 6 occurrences, 6 unknowns, 6 past producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Uranium, Sulfur. 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
Allied Chemical CorpSulfurProducer
Mexican DiggingsGoldPast Producer1858
Rodger Steele ClaimUraniumProspect
Lakewood PlantClayProducer
Robinson Brick & Tile Co., Plant 1ClayProducer
Strainland MineClayProducer
Englewood PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Flanagan,Walt & Co.Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Denver 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
College View1.7 miles20
University Park2.3 miles27
Wellshire2.5 miles27
Alamo Placita3.0 miles27
Bear Valley3.1 miles20
Westside Neighborhood3.6 miles20
Bear Valley Heights3.7 miles20
University Hills3.7 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2117941. 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.