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Stepping Stone, Colorado

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Parker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80134. The Survey maps it on the Parker quadrangle.

Stepping Stone within Douglas 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

437 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 437 fires within 5 miles of Stepping Stone between 1994 and 2020, burning about 186 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 16 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/undetermined318
Smoking32
Equipment and vehicle use27
Arson/incendiarism16
Natural13
Recreation and ceremony8
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Fireworks7
Debris and open burning5
Other causes4

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 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
4 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouth Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
3 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
3 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
29 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
29 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
29 September 2010Missing 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 Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Stepping Stone: 7 producers, 4 occurrences, 2 past producers, 2 unknowns. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Happy Canyon Creek Gold OccurrenceGold, SilverOccurrencePlacer
Newlin GulchFeldsparPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Newlin Gulch Gold OccurrenceGoldOccurrencePlacer
Newlin Gulch PlacerGoldOccurrence1895
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSedimentary
ClaypitClayProducer
ClaypitClayProducer
MadisClayPast Producer
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

Every working recorded in Douglas 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
Meridian Village1.2 miles24
Sierra Ridge1.3 miles24
Stonegate1.7 miles24
Vista Pointe1.8 miles24
Grand View Estates2.1 miles24
Clarke Farms2.2 miles24
Lone Tree2.3 miles24
Cherry Creek Highlands2.3 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2805916. 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.