Stratton Meadows, Colorado
32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Colorado Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80905. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Colorado Springs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 32 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1893 USGS Colorado Springs quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1909 USGS Colorado Springs quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1942 USGS Colorado Springs quadrangle1:125000
- 1948 USGS Colorado Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Colorado Springs quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Colorado Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Colorado Springs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Colorado Springs quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1962 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Colorado Springs quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
1,932 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,932 fires within 5 miles of Stratton Meadows between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,845 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 18 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/undetermined | 1700 |
| Smoking | 81 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 39 |
| Debris and open burning | 38 |
| Natural | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Fireworks | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 9 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado Springs Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 9 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado Springs Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 9 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado Springs Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 9 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado Springs Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 8 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado Springs Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 41 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Stratton Meadows: 28 producers, 11 occurrences, 2 past producers. 28 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Thorium, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Hill Mesa tailings | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | tailings | |
| Kenmuir | Stone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Thanas & Brown | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Unknown | Gold, Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | Fluorite, Gold | |
| Unknown | Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Manitou Green Stone | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| North Cheyenne District | Gold | Occurrence | 1909 | |
| Trail | Thorium | Producer | ||
| Twenty One | Thorium | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | Sedimentary |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivywild | 1.3 miles | 32 | |
| Broadmoor | 1.7 miles | 32 | |
| Stratmoor Hills | 1.7 miles | 32 | |
| Kelker | 1.7 miles | 32 | |
| Colorado Springs | 2.2 miles | 32 | |
| Stratmoor | 2.6 miles | 32 | |
| Knob Hill | 3.0 miles | 32 | |
| Skinners | 3.6 miles | 32 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 193508. 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.














