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Shirley, Colorado

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Elsmere census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80938. The Survey maps it on the Falcon NW quadrangle.

Shirley within El Paso County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 30 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

517 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 517 fires within 5 miles of Shirley between 1993 and 2020, burning about 745 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined454
Smoking21
Equipment and vehicle use14
Natural13
Arson/incendiarism5
Debris and open burning3
Fireworks3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1
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 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado Springs Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFalcon Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
8 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado Springs Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
7 September 2020Other causes1.0 acresFalcon Fire Protection DistrictN/A
7 September 2010Smokingunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFalcon Fire Protection DistrictN/A
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCimarron Hills Fire Protection DistrictN/A
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCimarron Hills Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Paso County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Shirley: 14 producers, 2 occurrences. 14 still produce. What was taken out: 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in El Paso 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
Falcon3.2 miles27
Cimarron Hills3.8 miles32
Elsmere3.9 miles32
Knob Hill8.1 miles32
Papeton8.1 miles32
Black Forest8.1 miles29
La Foret8.1 miles29
Pikeview9.0 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 193365. 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.