BlockSpencer Heights, Colorado
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Livermore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80512. It lies near Sleeping Elephant Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Boston Peak quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1916 USGS Home quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1920 USGS Home quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Boston Peak quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1964 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Fort Collins quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
23 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Spencer Heights between 1992 and 2017, burning about 5 acres in total. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| 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 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | ROARING CREEK |
| 6 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | LARAMIE |
| 4 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | ZIMMERMAN |
| 27 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | ROARING BONE |
| 23 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Larimer County | not named |
| 12 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | not named |
| 9 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | BIG SOUTH TRAIL |
| 5 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Spencer Heights: 3 occurrences, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Uranium, Uranium, Silver, Silver, Lead, Bismuth, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucky Strike Claims | Uranium, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | 1955 | |
| Spring Group | Uranium, Silver, Gold, Lead | Past Producer | 1954 | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Silver, Lead, Bismuth, Zinc, REE, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Lead, Zinc, Bismuth, Copper, Gold, REE | Occurrence | Underground | |
| Lucky Strike Claims | Uranium | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kinikinik | 3.6 miles | 20 | |
| Reds Place | 6.0 miles | 19 | |
| Idylwilde | 7.1 miles | 20 | |
| Manhattan (historical) | 10.6 miles | 17 | |
| Glen Echo | 10.7 miles | 17 | |
| Rustic | 10.9 miles | 17 | |
| Goodell Corner | 11.6 miles | 17 | |
| Glendevey | 12.3 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.
| Wikidata item Q134577408 | 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 177081. 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.