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Sprucedale, Colorado

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Central Jefferson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80439. It stands on Blue Creek. The Survey maps it on the Conifer quadrangle.

Sprucedale within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

181 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 181 fires within 5 miles of Sprucedale between 1995 and 2020, burning about 328 acres in total. 9 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/undetermined160
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1
Debris and open burning1

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
6 September 2009Naturalunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandRANCH
3 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEvergreen Fire/RescueUNKNOWN
23 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEvergreen Fire/RescueUNKNOWN
20 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreEvergreen Fire/RescueUNKNOWN
17 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreEvergreen Fire/RescueUNKNOWN
17 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
15 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
12 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestMAXWELL FALLS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Sprucedale: 4 producers, 3 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Feldspar, Clay, Copper, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
Augusta MineCopper, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc, Lead, Gold, CobaltPast Producer1966
Bear CreekGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Evergreen Florite DepositFluorine-Fluorite, Copper, Gold, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Idealite MineClayPast Producer
Bull Hill ClaimFluorine-FluoriteProducerVein
Seven Hills-Yetter Ranch PegmatiteFeldsparProducer
Tall Timber No 1FeldsparProducer

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
Brook Forest1.7 miles19
Marshdale2.1 miles21
Herzman Mesa2.7 miles21
Elephant Park2.8 miles24
Troutdale3.3 miles24
Evergreen3.6 miles24
Hiwan Hills3.7 miles24
Stanley Park3.7 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 182552. 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.