BlockBefore

Vernon Gardens, Colorado

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Northeast Jefferson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80401. It stands on Kenneys Creek. The Survey maps it on the Morrison quadrangle.

Vernon Gardens within Jefferson County

On record in Vernon Gardens

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 4 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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

694 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 694 fires within 5 miles of Vernon Gardens between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,925 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 19 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/undetermined548
Equipment and vehicle use36
Smoking32
Arson/incendiarism19
Recreation and ceremony14
Natural14
Fireworks11
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Debris and open burning5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePleasant View Fire DepartmentN/A
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueUNKNOWN
7 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGolden Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
6 September 2020Smokingunder an acreWest Metro Fire RescueN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 113 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 113 workings within 5 miles of Vernon Gardens: 57 producers, 45 occurrences, 6 past producers, 5 unknowns. 57 still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Alumet Pilot PlantAluminumUnknown
Capitol CentralLead, Gold, Silver, ZincUnknown
Centennial ConeBerylliumProducer
Ladwig PropertiesUranium, VanadiumPast Producer
North Table MountainZeolitesProducer
Rio Grande PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, SilverPast Producer1973
Soda Lakes, Soda SpringsSodiumProducer
Tall Timber No 3 PegmatiteFeldsparProducer
Union Pacific ShaftUranium, Copper, Zinc, Bismuth, Lead, SilverOccurrenceVein
UnknownSilicaOccurrence

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
Crestview Villa0.5 miles25
Pleasant View0.9 miles25
Golden Heights1.0 miles25
Heritage Dells1.6 miles25
Applewood2.2 miles28
Golden2.4 miles28
Applewood Grove2.4 miles25
Mountain View Estates2.4 miles25

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 Q122557481The 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 2354974. 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.