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Stove Prairie Landing, Colorado

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Livermore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80512. It lies near Skin Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Big Narrows quadrangle.

Stove Prairie Landing within Larimer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

95 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Stove Prairie Landing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,821 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 1 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
Natural33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Recreation and ceremony14
Equipment and vehicle use7
Debris and open burning4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2
Fireworks1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
3 September 1995Naturalunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandCEDAR GULCH
26 September 2008Naturalunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandHEWLETTE GULCH
25 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersBELLVUE
15 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use560 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersMCNAY
12 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersLIVERMORE
1 September 2002Naturalunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandYOUNGS GULCH
9 August 2005Naturalunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandWET SADDLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Larimer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 35 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Stove Prairie Landing: 15 past producers, 11 producers, 9 occurrences. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Beryllium, Tungsten, Molybdenum, Silver, Gold. 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
Glen O. Barrett Et AlBeryllium, Tungsten, MicaPast Producer
Green Crystal, Beryl No. 1-9QuartzOccurrenceChalcedony
H G & S No. 3 MineMica, BerylliumOccurrenceBeryl, Muscovite
Red Mountain LodeLead, ZincOccurrenceGalena, Sphalerite
Spaulding MineTungsten, Molybdenum, Copper, GraphitePast ProducerPowellite, Scheelite
Beryl No. 3 ClaimBeryllium, MicaPast ProducerBeryl, Microcline
Depression MineSilver, GoldPast Producer1934
Kelly MineSilver, GoldPast ProducerVein
Langston MineBeryllium, MicaPast Producer1960, 1963
Bidwell ClaimsTungsten, MolybdenumPast ProducerPowellite, Scheelite

Every working recorded in Larimer 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
Mishawaka1.3 miles17
Poudre Park4.5 miles17
Eggers5.2 miles21
Box Prairie8.2 miles22
Indian Meadows8.7 miles17
Rustic10.2 miles17
Glen Echo10.5 miles17
Goodell Corner10.8 miles17

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 Q122563253The 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 177145. 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.