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Shamballah-Ashrama, Colorado

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Castle Rock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80135. It stands on South Garber Creek. The Survey maps it on the Devils Head quadrangle.

Shamballah-Ashrama within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 29 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

136 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 136 fires within 5 miles of Shamballah-Ashrama between 1992 and 2020, burning about 98 acres in total. 43 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
Natural43
Missing data/not specified/undetermined40
Recreation and ceremony35
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism4
Firearms and explosives use2
Smoking2
Debris and open burning1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1

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 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresPike and San Isabel National Forest787
7 September 2019Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestGARBER
7 September 1993Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National Forestnot named
4 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePike and San Isabel National Forest31
4 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestINDIAN CREEK
3 September 2002Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestBIRTHDAY
27 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePike and San Isabel National Forestnot named
25 September 2020Firearms and explosives use2.0 acresPike and San Isabel National ForestRIM ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Shamballah-Ashrama: 11 past producers, 5 occurrences, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Feldspar, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mica, Uranium. 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
California QuarryFeldspar, REE, Niobium (Columbium)Past ProducerMicrocline, Pyrochlore
Cramer No. 2 QuarryFeldspar, REEPast ProducerMicrocline
Cramer QuarryFeldspar, REE, Thorium, UraniumPast Producer1942, 1951
Little EagleFeldspar, QuartzOccurrenceQuartz
Saddle Rock RanchSilica, QuartzPast Producer
Three MuskateersREE, Mica, Feldspar, Fluorine-Fluorite, QuartzProducerBiotite, Fluorite, Monazite, Quartz
UnknownFluorine-FluoritePast Producer
WildcatClayPast Producer
Penley No. 1 LeaseUraniumUnknown
Penley No.1 LeaseUraniumOccurrenceCarnotite

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
Pine Nook3.5 miles33
Sprucewood4.7 miles29
Moonridge4.7 miles29
Monte Vista Estates6.1 miles28
Perry Park6.3 miles28
Twin Cedars7.2 miles32
Nighthawk7.3 miles32
Sedalia7.6 miles26

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.

Wikidata item Q122572940The 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 183567. 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.