Twin Spruce, Colorado
31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Golden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80403. It stands on South Beaver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Eldorado Springs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 31 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.
- 1899 USGS West Denver quadrangle1:125000
- 1906 USGS Blackhawk quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1942 USGS Eldorado Springs quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1944 USGS Eldorado Springs quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Eldorado Springs quadrangle1:24000, 8 printings
- 1983 USGS Denver West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
113 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Twin Spruce between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,150 acres in total. 25 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70 |
| Natural | 25 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Coal Creek Canyon Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 18 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Coal Creek Canyon Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 17 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Coal Creek Canyon Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 15 September 2000 | Natural | 1,087 acres | Royal Gorge Field Office | ELDORADO |
| 12 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Coal Creek Canyon Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 10 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | not named |
| 8 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | LAZY Z 2 |
| 7 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Boulder County Office | CRESCENT MEADOW |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 31 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Twin Spruce: 11 occurrences, 10 producers, 7 past producers, 2 unknowns. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Uranium, Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankers Lode Claim | Copper, Uranium | Occurrence | Chalcocite | |
| Coal Creek | Fluorine-Fluorite | Producer | ||
| Coors Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Drew Hill Prospect | Beryllium, Mica, Feldspar | Occurrence | Chrysoberyl, Muscovite | |
| Mena Mine | Uranium, Iron, Molybdenum, Silver, Zinc, Bismuth, Nickel, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | 1949, 1956, 1962 | |
| North Star Mine | Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Uranium | Past Producer | 1895 | |
| Strang Pegmatite | Quartz, Feldspar, Mica, REE | Occurrence | Microcline, Muscovite, Quartz | |
| B Gilman Ranch Pegmatite | Feldspar | Producer | ||
| Drew Hill Pegnatite No 1 | Feldspar | Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plainview | 4.4 miles | 31 | |
| Spring Mesa | 9.2 miles | 28 | |
| Apple Meadows | 9.7 miles | 28 | |
| Leyden | 9.7 miles | 28 | |
| Eldorado Estates | 9.8 miles | 28 | |
| Quaker Acres | 9.9 miles | 28 | |
| Meadow Wood Farms | 10.1 miles | 28 | |
| Sherwood Farms | 10.5 miles | 28 |
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 Q122595550 | The 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 181168. 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.









