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Spring Hill, Colorado

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Northeast Jefferson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80465. It lies near Weaver Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Morrison quadrangle.

Spring Hill within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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

493 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 493 fires within 5 miles of Spring Hill between 2003 and 2020, burning about 5,452 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 27 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/undetermined379
Arson/incendiarism27
Smoking20
Natural16
Equipment and vehicle use15
Recreation and ceremony11
Fireworks10
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Debris and open burning6
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueN/A
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersLITTLETON
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 56 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 56 workings within 5 miles of Spring Hill: 30 occurrences, 19 producers, 6 past producers, 1 prospect. 19 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory), 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
Blackstone ClaimUranium, Radium, VanadiumProspect
Four Corners MineUranium, Vanadium, MolybdenumPast Producer1954, 1955, 1960
Iowa Gulch PegmatiteQuartzProducer
Mann RanchRadium, Uranium, VanadiumPast Producer1954, 1955
Morrison QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Schmidt Constr IncSilicaProducer
Soda Lakes, Soda SpringsSodiumProducer
UnknownLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Jefferson County Iron MinesIronOccurrence1880
Mann RanchUranium, MolybdenumPast Producer1955, 1961

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Bellevue Acres1.0 miles23
Country West1.4 miles23
West Meadows2.0 miles23
Willow Brook2.2 miles23
Willow Springs2.3 miles23
Morrison2.5 miles25
Ken Caryl Ranch North3.0 miles23
Carmody Estates3.5 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2120011. 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.