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Spring Ranch, Colorado

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Central Jefferson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80401. It lies near Genesee Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Evergreen quadrangle.

Spring Ranch within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 24 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

157 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 157 fires within 5 miles of Spring Ranch between 2003 and 2020, burning about 56 acres in total. 10 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/undetermined130
Natural10
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1

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
8 September 2019Naturalunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
8 September 2019Naturalunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
3 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGenesee Fire RescueUNKNOWN
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersIDLEDALE
27 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFoothills Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
24 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreEvergreen Fire/RescueUNKNOWN
23 September 2005Missing 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 Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 65 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 65 workings within 5 miles of Spring Ranch: 25 past producers, 25 producers, 11 occurrences, 3 unknowns. 25 still produce. What was taken out: Feldspar, Uranium, Beryllium, Copper. 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
Bear CreekGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Bertrand QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerGneiss
Burroughs Feldspar MineFeldspar, Beryllium, Mica, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Bismuth, REE, Uranium, Thorium, LithiumPast Producer1942, 1944
Capitol CentralLead, Gold, Silver, ZincUnknown
Capitol Central MineLead, Zinc, Silver, GoldOccurrenceGalena, Sphalerite
Centennial Cone ProspectBeryllium, Feldspar, Mica, Quartz, REEProducerBeryl, Microcline, Monazite, Muscovite, Quartz
Coors PegmatiteFeldspar, Mica, REEPast Producer1935, 1949
East Shaffer Hill PegmatiteFeldspar, Tantalum, Copper, REEPast Producer1938, 1945
FoothillsGold, SilverPast Producer
Genessee Mountain Scheelite OccurrenceTungstenOccurrenceScheelite

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
El Rancho1.0 miles24
Hidden Valley1.3 miles24
Rainbow Hills1.5 miles24
Mount Vernon Club Place2.0 miles24
Genesee2.5 miles24
Bergen Park2.5 miles24
Genesee Ridge2.6 miles24
Cody Park2.6 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2354973. 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.