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Southpark, Colorado

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Southwest Arapahoe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80120. The Survey maps it on the Littleton quadrangle.

Southpark within Arapahoe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

559 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 559 fires within 5 miles of Southpark between 1996 and 2020, burning about 632 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined441
Smoking35
Equipment and vehicle use28
Arson/incendiarism14
Natural13
Fireworks10
Recreation and ceremony8
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Debris and open burning3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLittleton Fire RescueUNKNOWN
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
7 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreDenver Fire DepartmentN/A
5 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
4 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLittleton Fire RescueUNKNOWN
4 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLittleton Fire RescueUNKNOWN
4 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
3 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Arapahoe County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 49 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 49 workings within 5 miles of Southpark: 19 producers, 16 occurrences, 13 unknowns, 1 past producer. 19 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Gold. 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
Big Dry Creek PlacersGoldOccurrence1858
Big Dry Creek PlacersGoldUnknown
Little Dry Creek PlacersGoldUnknown
ClaypitClayProducer
Diamond Clay MineClayPast Producer
UnknownClayOccurrenceClay
UnknownClayProducer
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Arapahoe 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
Goldenwest Park0.7 miles21
Wolhurst0.8 miles21
Wide Acres0.9 miles21
Ridgewood Park1.1 miles21
Columbine Manor1.8 miles21
Columbine Valley1.9 miles21
Columbine Heights2.1 miles21
Broadway Estates2.2 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2354575. 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.