Wah Keeney Park, Colorado
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Central Jefferson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80439. It stands on Bergen Creek. The Survey maps it on the Evergreen quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 24 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
- 1953 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evergreen quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Evergreen quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS Evergreen quadrangle1:24000, 8 printings
- 1971 USGS Evergreen quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Denver West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Evergreen quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
206 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 206 fires within 5 miles of Wah Keeney Park between 1995 and 2020, burning about 106 acres in total. 10 started naturally. None 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 | 184 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | N/A |
| 5 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 3 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Genesee Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 27 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | WARRIOR MOUNTAIN |
| 24 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Evergreen Fire/Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 23 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Evergreen Fire/Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 23 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 20 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Evergreen Fire/Rescue | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 49 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 49 workings within 5 miles of Wah Keeney Park: 21 past producers, 19 producers, 7 occurrences, 1 prospect. 19 still produce. What was taken out: Feldspar, Beryllium, Uranium, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augusta Mine | Copper, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc, Lead, Gold, Cobalt | Past Producer | 1966 | |
| Bear Creek | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| Beaver Brook | Feldspar, Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Burroughs Feldspar Mine | Feldspar, Beryllium, Mica, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Bismuth, REE, Uranium, Thorium, Lithium | Past Producer | 1942, 1944 | |
| Capitol Central Mine | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Coors Pegmatite | Feldspar, Mica, REE | Past Producer | 1935, 1949 | |
| East Shaffer Hill Pegmatite | Feldspar, Tantalum, Copper, REE | Past Producer | 1938, 1945 | |
| Evergreen Florite Deposit | Fluorine-Fluorite, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Genessee Mountain Scheelite Occurrence | Tungsten | Occurrence | Scheelite | |
| Grapevine Mine | Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | 1955 |
Storms near this place
5 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wah Keeney Park in 5 storm reports between 2010 and 2014: 4 hail, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2013 | Flash Flood | Wah Keeney Park | - | The combination of heavy rain, coupled with extremely saturated ground conditions, produced additional flash flooding. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Wah Keeney Park | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Wah Keeney Park | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Wah Keeney Park | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Wah Keeney Park | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hiwan Hills | 1.5 miles | 24 | |
| Troutdale | 1.7 miles | 24 | |
| Mountain Meadow Heights | 1.7 miles | 24 | |
| Kittredge | 2.2 miles | 24 | |
| Evergreen | 2.2 miles | 24 | |
| Hidden Valley | 2.4 miles | 24 | |
| Bergen Park | 2.4 miles | 24 | |
| Elephant Park | 2.5 miles | 24 |
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 Q122563679 | 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 182085. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.










