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Surrey Ridge, Colorado

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Sedalia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80108. The Survey maps it on the Sedalia quadrangle.

Surrey Ridge within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

265 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 265 fires within 5 miles of Surrey Ridge between 1993 and 2020, burning about 60 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined194
Smoking18
Equipment and vehicle use15
Arson/incendiarism9
Fireworks9
Natural7
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Other causes3
Debris and open burning3

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 acreCastle Rock Fire & Rescue DepartmentUNKNOWN
3 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
29 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLittleton Fire RescueUNKNOWN
29 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
27 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
22 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 Surrey Ridge: 7 producers, 5 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
QuarryStoneProducer
QuarryStoneProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Little Dry Creek PlacersGoldUnknown
Newlin Gulch Gold OccurrenceGoldOccurrencePlacer
Newlin Gulch PlacerGoldOccurrence1895
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSedimentary

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
Beverly Hills1.6 miles26
McArthur Ranch1.8 miles26
Castle Pines North1.9 miles26
Lone Tree2.6 miles24
Carriage Club2.6 miles26
Castle Pines2.8 miles26
Heritage Hills3.1 miles26
Stepping Stone3.2 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2085581. 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.