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Village of Five Parks, Colorado

28 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 80005. It lies near Leyden Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Golden quadrangle.

Village of Five Parks within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 28 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

344 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 344 fires within 5 miles of Village of Five Parks between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,305 acres in total. 5 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined304
Equipment and vehicle use10
Smoking8
Natural5
Arson/incendiarism4
Debris and open burning3
Fireworks3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArvada Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
30 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArvada Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
3 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArvada Fire Protection DistrictN/A
3 September 2017Smokingunder an acreArvada Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersGOLDEN
3 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 Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 33 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Village of Five Parks: 15 occurrences, 13 producers, 4 past producers, 1 unknown. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension. 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
Beryl Ores MillBerylliumPast Producer
North Table MountainZeolitesProducer
Old LeydenUranium, GraphiteOccurrence
Old Leyden Coal MineVanadium, UraniumPast Producer1874, 1950
Old Leyden MineCoal, UraniumPast Producer1874, 1950, 1956
UnknownGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrenceSedimentary
UnknownStone, DimensionOccurrence
UnknownStone, DimensionProducer
RalstonSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSedimentary

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
Leyden Junction0.6 miles28
Cameo Estates0.8 miles28
Alkire Estates0.9 miles28
Northwood Acres1.0 miles28
Meadow Wood Farms1.3 miles28
Leyden1.3 miles28
Sherwood Farms1.4 miles28
Supreme Estates1.5 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 Q122548244The 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 2354932. 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.