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Twin Cedars, Colorado

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Sedalia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80135. It stands on Pine Creek. The Survey maps it on the Deckers quadrangle.

Twin Cedars within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 32 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

325 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 325 fires within 5 miles of Twin Cedars between 1992 and 2020, burning about 287 acres in total. 182 started naturally. 4 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
Natural182
Missing data/not specified/undetermined84
Recreation and ceremony37
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking4
Debris and open burning3
Firearms and explosives use2
Fireworks1

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
8 September 2013Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestGUNBARREL
8 September 2013Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestWEST NODDLES
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresPike and San Isabel National Forest787
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestWILLOW
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestRUSSEL RIDGE
5 September 2018Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National Forest538
5 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Fork Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
4 September 2019Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestLONG SCRAGGY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 56 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 56 workings within 5 miles of Twin Cedars: 20 producers, 19 past producers, 10 occurrences, 7 unknowns. 20 still produce. What was taken out: Feldspar, Quartz, Feldspar, Quartz, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
Big Bear No. 2 MineFeldspar, REEPast ProducerMicrocline
Big Bertha MineQuartz, Feldspar, Thorium, REEPast Producer1947, 1953
Butte #1Feldspar, Quartz, Fluorine-FluoriteProducerFluorite, Quartz
Catherine #1 ClaimMica, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gemstone, Feldspar, QuartzOccurrenceFluorite, Mica, Quartz, Topaz
Dazie Bell MineQuartz, Fluorine-Fluorite, REE, ManganesePast Producer1965
Delbert Claims #1 & 2Feldspar, Quartz, Mica, Fluorine-FluoriteProducerFeldspar, Fluorite, Mica, Quartz
Judy Ann MineQuartz, Mica, Feldspar, Fluorine-Fluorite, REEOccurrenceFluorite, Gadolinite, Muscovite, Quartz
Little Patsy #1 & 2, Fawn #1Gemstone, Feldspar, Mica, Quartz, Fluorine-FluoriteProducerFeldspar, Fluorite, Mica, Quartz, Topaz
Little Patsy MineFeldspar, Quartz, Fluorine-Fluorite, REE, Thorium, Niobium (Columbium), TantalumPast Producer1967
Luster Lode ClaimMica, Gemstone, Feldspar, Quartz, Fluorine-FluoriteProducerFeldspar, Fluorite, Mica, Quartz, Topaz

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
Nighthawk0.4 miles32
Sprucewood2.6 miles29
Moonridge2.7 miles29
Pine Nook5.4 miles33
Shamballah-Ashrama7.2 miles29
Deckers7.9 miles32
Roxborough8.7 miles33
Roxborough Park9.0 miles33

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 Q122597401The 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 183558. 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.