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Summer Lake, Colorado

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the South Aurora census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80015. The Survey maps it on the Fitzsimons quadrangle.

Summer Lake within Arapahoe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 26 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

766 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 766 fires within 5 miles of Summer Lake between 1994 and 2020, burning about 406 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 37 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/undetermined602
Smoking46
Arson/incendiarism37
Equipment and vehicle use28
Fireworks23
Natural11
Debris and open burning7
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Recreation and ceremony5

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 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCunningham Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAurora Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAurora Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAurora Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
7 September 2015Naturalunder an acreSouth Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Arapahoe County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Summer Lake: 7 unknowns, 5 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Cherry Creek PlacersGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Cherry Creek PlacersGoldUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel

Every working recorded in Arapahoe 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
Highpoint0.7 miles26
Summer Valley0.8 miles26
Spring Creek Meadows1.1 miles23
Seven Hills1.5 miles26
Piney Creek1.8 miles24
Mission Viejo1.9 miles26
Park View1.9 miles24
East Quincy Highlands2.0 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2354676. 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.