Shawnee, Colorado
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Fairplay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80475. It lies near Slaughterhouse Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Shawnee quadrangle. It stands 8,120 feet above sea level.
On record in Shawnee
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 1 record
Shawneelisted 2010
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1945 USGS Shawnee quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Shawnee quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Bailey quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Shawnee quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Shawnee quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
73 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Shawnee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,620 acres in total. 23 started naturally. None was 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/undetermined | 32 |
| Natural | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | 64 |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Platte Canyon Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 29 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | COMPUTER TERMINAL |
| 20 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Platte Canyon Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 2 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | SHAWNEE NORTH 1 |
| 2 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | SHAWNEE NORTH 2 |
| 2 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | N/A |
| 2 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | PAYNE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Shawnee: 2 occurrences, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Molybdenum, Uranium, Vanadium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redskin Mines | Molybdenum, Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | 1955 | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Redskin Claims | Uranium | Occurrence | Torbernite | |
| Redskin Mines | Uranium | Past Producer | 1963 |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenisle | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Singleton | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Weller | 4.0 miles | 18 | |
| Bailey | 4.4 miles | 29 | |
| Santa Maria | 4.6 miles | 20 | |
| Highland Park | 5.5 miles | 18 | |
| Insmont | 5.7 miles | 29 | |
| Grant | 6.3 miles | 20 |
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 Shawnee | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3116369 | The 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 183232. 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.








