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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.

Twin Spruce within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 31 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

113 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined70
Natural25
Recreation and ceremony12
Smoking2
Debris and open burning1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
20 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCoal Creek Canyon Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
18 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCoal Creek Canyon Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
17 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCoal Creek Canyon Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
15 September 2000Natural1,087 acresRoyal Gorge Field OfficeELDORADO
12 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCoal Creek Canyon Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
10 September 1993Naturalunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grasslandnot named
8 August 2002Naturalunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandLAZY Z 2
7 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBoulder County OfficeCRESCENT MEADOW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 31 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bankers Lode ClaimCopper, UraniumOccurrenceChalcocite
Coal CreekFluorine-FluoriteProducer
Coors QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Drew Hill ProspectBeryllium, Mica, FeldsparOccurrenceChrysoberyl, Muscovite
Mena MineUranium, Iron, Molybdenum, Silver, Zinc, Bismuth, Nickel, Copper, LeadPast Producer1949, 1956, 1962
North Star MineCopper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, UraniumPast Producer1895
Strang PegmatiteQuartz, Feldspar, Mica, REEOccurrenceMicrocline, Muscovite, Quartz
B Gilman Ranch PegmatiteFeldsparProducer
Drew Hill Pegnatite No 1FeldsparProducer
QuarryStoneUnknown

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Plainview4.4 miles31
Spring Mesa9.2 miles28
Apple Meadows9.7 miles28
Leyden9.7 miles28
Eldorado Estates9.8 miles28
Quaker Acres9.9 miles28
Meadow Wood Farms10.1 miles28
Sherwood Farms10.5 miles28

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 Q122595550The 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.