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Seven Lakes, Colorado

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Cripple Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80813. It lies near Almagre Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Pikes Peak quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Seven Lakes within Teller County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 28 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

36 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Seven Lakes (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 3 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
Recreation and ceremony11
Natural11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
8 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTeller Countynot named
12 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersVICTOR
27 August 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestWYE
25 August 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestWYE CAMPGROUND
23 August 2000Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestBIG CHIEF
14 August 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestEAST BEAVER
13 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMountain Communities Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
8 July 1997Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestSTOVE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Teller County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Seven Lakes (historical): 7 occurrences, 6 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Beryllium, REE, Gold, Tungsten. 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
St. Peters Dome No. 1 MineUranium, ThoriumPast Producer
UnknownFeldsparPast Producer
Heavy Stone LodeTungstenPast Producer
Heavystone ProspectTungstenPast ProducerWolframite
UnknownGoldOccurrence
UnknownGoldOccurrence
UnknownGoldOccurrence
Comanche GroupBerylliumProducer
Comanche GroupBerylliumPast Producer
Tracie GroupBerylliumProducer

Every working recorded in Teller 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
Rosemont3.9 miles32
Gillett (historical)6.1 miles28
Altman (historical)7.3 miles26
Independence (historical)7.6 miles26
Goldfield7.6 miles26
Midway7.7 miles26
Stratton7.8 miles26
Hollywood8.3 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 191253. 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.