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Wallace Village, Colorado

20 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 80021. It stands on Walnut Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lafayette quadrangle.

Wallace Village within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

448 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 448 fires within 5 miles of Wallace Village between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,125 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined391
Smoking14
Arson/incendiarism10
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Recreation and ceremony6
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Fireworks3
Debris and open burning3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder 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
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDenver CountyUNKNOWN
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
4 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
4 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

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Wallace Village: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Gypsum-Anhydrite, Beryllium, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
ParkdaleSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
UnknownGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrenceSedimentary

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
Walnut Grove0.6 miles20
Sunstream1.2 miles24
Countryside1.4 miles20
Sheridan Green1.7 miles20
The Pond2.1 miles24
Semper2.4 miles24
Lake Arbor2.6 miles24
Wood Run2.6 miles24

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 Q122588800The 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 181269. 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.