Custer County, Colorado

84 topographic sheets cover 12 settlements here, and 10 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

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From the record

10 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Colorado within the United States

Custer County within Colorado

What the record shows

273 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
10 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 8 buildings and 2 districts.
1 of the 10 listings was added during the 1970s.
The Geographic Names Information System records 12 populated places in this county; 12 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Property	Type	Listed	Reference
Beckwith Ranch	district	1998	98000568
Holdsworth House-Aspenholme-Pines Lodge	building	2021	100006742
Hope Lutheran Church	building	1978	78000838
Kennicott Cabin	building	1997	97000046
Mingus Homestead	district	1990	90001791
National Hotel-Wolff Building	building	1987	87001288
Westcliff School	building	1989	89000999
Westcliffe Jail	building	1993	92001846
Wetmore Post Office	building	2008	08000860
Willows School	building	1993	93000413

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

285 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 285 of them, burning about 27,094 acres. 144 started naturally and 1 was recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause	Fires
Natural	144
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	76
Recreation and ceremony	28
Equipment and vehicle use	14
Power generation/transmission/distribution	8
Debris and open burning	7
Smoking	5
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Arson/incendiarism	1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
17 October 2016	Power generation/transmission/distribution	18,320 acres	Pike and San Isabel National Forest	JUNKINS
12 June 2011	Recreation and ceremony	4,000 acres	Pike and San Isabel National Forest	DUCKETT
23 October 2012	Power generation/transmission/distribution	1,998 acres	Royal Gorge Field Office	WETMORE
29 April 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	552 acres	Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters	WETMORE
14 June 2006	Power generation/transmission/distribution	541 acres	Royal Gorge Field Office	TYNDALL GULCH
27 April 2011	Natural	495 acres	Pike and San Isabel National Forest	SAND GULCH
14 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	300 acres	Pike and San Isabel National Forest	BIG COTTONWOOD
8 July 1993	Natural	250 acres	Pike and San Isabel National Forest	SOUTH LAKE

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1954 to 2025

60 of 164 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 164 reports for this county, causing 2 deaths, 2 injuries and about $229,500 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event	Reports
Hail	92
Heavy Rain	25
Flash Flood	23
Tornado	9
Thunderstorm Wind	5
Funnel Cloud	5
Wildfire	2
Lightning	2
Debris Flow	1

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
August 2011	Lightning	Westcliffe	1 killed, 1 hurt	no account filed
July 2008	Lightning	Rosita	1 killed	no account filed
June 1992	Hail	not stated	1 hurt	no account filed
April 2002	Wildfire	Westcliffe	$100,000	no account filed
May 2002	Wildfire	Westcliffe	$100,000	no account filed
July 2003	Flash Flood	Westcliffe	$20,000	no account filed
July 2009	Flash Flood	San Isabel	$4,000	Six inches of water was observed flowing over roadways...with several gravel roads washed out and impassable.
July 1960	Tornado (F2)	not stated	$2,500	no account filed
February 1954	Tornado (F1)	not stated	$2,500	no account filed
August 1993	Hail	Westcliffe	$500	Severe thunderstorms rolled through portions of Chaffee and Custer Counties. Hail up to walnut-size damaged windows in Johnson Village (21 miles northwest of Salida) and Westcliffe.
October 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Rosita	-	Mesonet station AW342 Highlands Ranch observed a 61 mph wind gust with a decaying thunderstorm.
July 2025	Tornado (EF0)	Silver Cliff	-	Brief landspout tornado developed over an open field in Custer County. 3 power poles were damaged. A virtual damage assessment was completed with a rating of EF-0 and 85 MPH max wind gusts.
July 2025	Hail	Rosita	-	Hail measured to 1.25 inches occurred in Custer County.
May 2024	Funnel Cloud	Westcliffe	-	Cold air funnel, documented by video moving over Eureka Mountain and Spread Eagle Peak.
June 2024	Heavy Rain	Wetmore	-	Trained spotter reported heavy rain from a thunderstorm, which produced 0.90 inches of rainfall over a short duration.
May 2023	Heavy Rain	Wetmore	-	There was 1.5 inches of rain that fell.
August 2022	Heavy Rain	Rosita	-	Observer reported 0.95 inches of rain in an hour.
July 2022	Heavy Rain	Rosita	-	Heavy rainfall of 1.00 inches.
July 2022	Heavy Rain	Rosita	-	Heavy rainfall of 1.00 inches, fell in one hour.
July 2022	Heavy Rain	Wetmore	-	Heavy rainfall of 1.1 inches.
July 2021	Heavy Rain	Wetmore	-	Heavy rainfall of 2.00 inches.
July 2021	Heavy Rain	San Isabel	-	Heavy rainfall of 1.61 inches.
July 2021	Heavy Rain	San Isabel	-	Heavy rainfall of 1.44 inches.
July 2021	Flash Flood	Wetmore	-	Extensive road damage was observed. A 7 foot wall of water developed due to a culvert plugging up. County roads 271, 261, and 265 all remained closed throughout the night.
August 2021	Heavy Rain	Wetmore	-	Heavy rainfall of 1.40 inches.
August 2021	Heavy Rain	Rosita	-	Heavy rainfall of 1.19 inches.
July 2021	Heavy Rain	Wetmore	-	Heavy rainfall of 1.50 inches.
July 2021	Flash Flood	Westcliffe	-	Hermit road from Highway 69 to 96 was closed due to flooding in several locations.
August 2021	Heavy Rain	Rosita	-	Heavy rainfall of 3.58 inches.
August 2021	Heavy Rain	San Isabel	-	Heavy rainfall of 2.48 inches.
July 2021	Heavy Rain	Rosita	-	Heavy rainfall of 1.06 inches.
July 2021	Flash Flood	Westcliffe	-	Flooding of intersection near 3rd and Edwards avenue.
July 2021	Heavy Rain	Wetmore	-	Heavy rainfall of 1.20 inches.
July 2021	Heavy Rain	Westcliffe	-	Heavy rainfall of 1.92 inches.
May 2021	Heavy Rain	Wetmore	-	Spotter indicated it was a combination of rain and snow, 1.00 inches 2 miles south southwest of Wetmore.
May 2021	Heavy Rain	Wetmore	-	Heavy rain of 3.75 inches, 2 miles south southwest Wetmore.
August 2020	Debris Flow	Wetmore	-	Colorado State Patrol has closed Highway 96, from Highway 165 to Highway 67 due to rock and mudslides.
July 2020	Heavy Rain	San Isabel	-	Heavy rainfall of 1.14 inches occurred.
July 2019	Heavy Rain	Wetmore	-	Spotter reported over 1.5 inches of rain fell within an hour.
July 2019	Funnel Cloud	Westcliffe	-	Spotter reported a funnel cloud near Lake DeWeese.
July 2019	Tornado (EF0)	Westcliffe	-	A tornado touched down near William Avenue in \|Westcliffe, CO on the evening of July 22, 2019, traveling in\|a southeast to northwest direction. A continuous path of damage \|was seen for one-third of a mile before lifting as it crossed \|Vista Dr. No further visible damage was seen beyond this point \|but witnesses said the tornado touched down again before \|nearing Wolf Street and then lifted for a final time. \|Much of the damage included canopies, carports, RVs, and gazebos.\|No primary residence damage was seen outside of a few missing \|shingles, peeled up metal roofing, and a few blown in windows by \|flying debris. One carport awning was lifted off the ground nearly\|100 feet and then carried nearly 100 yards before it was dropped \|onto a nearby roof. No injuries were reported.
July 2019	Flash Flood	Westcliffe	-	Heavy rain closed roadway.
July 2019	Flash Flood	Wetmore	-	Local FD reported that Hardscrabble Creek came out of its banks. Also, multiple rock and mudslides across US Hwy 96, shutting the road down.
July 2019	Flash Flood	Wetmore	-	Highway 96 is closed between CO 165 and Smith Creek road for debris flows.
August 2019	Heavy Rain	Wetmore	-	Spotter measured 1.7 inches of rain.
August 2019	Flash Flood	Wetmore	-	Trained spotter reported heavy rain producing minor street flooding and also causing rock slides across us hwy 96.
August 2018	Flash Flood	Wetmore	-	Heavy rainfall over the Junkins burn scar caused flash flooding and debris flows across Highway 384, 6 miles south of Wetmore, CO.
July 2018	Heavy Rain	San Isabel	-	A trained spotter reported 1.3 inches of rain.
July 2018	Flash Flood	Wetmore	-	A sheriff reported washouts over County Road 387, downstream of the Junkins Burn Scar in Custer County.
July 2018	Flash Flood	Wetmore	-	A thunderstorm's interaction with the Junkins Burn Scar caused flash flooding over Highway 165 in Custer County.
July 2018	Flash Flood	Wetmore	-	Emergency Management reported a flash flooding from hardscrabble creek near Greenwood causing water to flow over County Road 96.
July 2018	Flash Flood	Wetmore	-	A trained spotter reported flash flooding from the Junkins Burn Scar over County Roads 386 and 389.
June 2017	Flash Flood	Wetmore	-	County Road 387 was briefly closed due to debris on the road in eight different areas.
July 2017	Flash Flood	Rosita	-	A significant flash flood occurred on the Junkins burn scar when a small, but intense storm moved down the South Hardscrabble watershed. Rainfall estimates of 1.5 to 2 inches caused major erosion in the canyon and piled tree and rock debris on County Road 386. The wave of water and debris moved into Greenwood and Wetmore. Remarkably, only a few outbuildings and barns were affected by water and mud as the dangerous flood waters moved through that area. County Roads remained mainly intact.
May 2012	Funnel Cloud	Westcliffe	-	A significant funnel cloud occurred south of Westcliffe and extended around 1/2 way to the ground.
July 2011	Flash Flood	Westcliffe	-	Deep water and debris was noted over Highway 69.
June 2007	Tornado (EF0)	Westcliffe	-	A brief tornado occurred over open country of the Wet Mountain Valley. There was no known damage.
August 2005	Flash Flood	Wetmore	-	Heavy thunderstorm rains caused flash flooding on the Mason Gulch Burn Scar in northeastern Custer County.
June 1997	Tornado (F0)	Westcliffe	-	A tornado briefly occurred in an open field southeast of Westcliffe. There was no known damage.
October 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Westcliffe	-	no account filed

Mines and quarries

265 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 265 workings inside this county. 23 still produce and 242 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity	Workings
Silver	84
Thorium	21
Perlite	16
Sand and Gravel, Construction	15
Copper	14
Iron	14
Lead	13
Gold	11
Thorium, REE	11
Barium-Barite	10
Silver, Lead	10
Manganese	8
Uranium	8
Lead, Zinc	7

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Barite Lode	Thorium, Silver, Lead, Copper	Prospect	1951
Barite Lode 2	Thorium, Lead, Copper, Silver, Uranium	Prospect	1951
Bassick Mine	Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Tellurium	Past Producer	1877, 1878, 1958
Big Chief 1 Claim	Barium-Barite, Silver, Lead, Copper, Thorium, REE, Uranium	Past Producer	1932
Big Horn Mine	Gold, Copper	Past Producer	Chalcopyrite, Gold
Big Stake Nickel Deposit	Gold, Nickel, Silver, Cobalt	Prospect	1932
Bull Domingo Mine	Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, Uranium	Past Producer	1879, 1880, 1914
Dakota Maid Prospect	Silver, Gold, Lead	Prospect	Galena, Pyrite, Tetrahedrite
Darby Extension	Thorium, REE, Barium-Barite, Copper, Lead	Past Producer	Barite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Thorite
Defender Mine	Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold	Past Producer	1882
Defender Mine	Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Democrat Hill deposit	Potassium, Silver, Aluminum, Gold, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer	1890
Dolly Varden	Zinc, Silver, Lead	Prospect	vein
Floyd Watters Ranch	Uranium, Vanadium, Radium, Thorium, REE, Lead	Past Producer	1951, 1953
G.W. and Antrim Claims	Thorium, Lead, Niobium (Columbium), Gold, Silver, Uranium	Past Producer	1954
Gem Park Complex	Niobium (Columbium), Barium-Barite, Molybdenum, Phosphorus-Phosphates, REE, Strontium, Thorium, Vermiculite	Prospect	1880
General Ike Prospect	Thorium, Barium-Barite, REE, Lead, Gold, Silver, Strontium	Prospect	1952
Geyser Mine	Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc	Past Producer	1878, 1880, 1911
Green Mountain Deposit	Silver, Zinc, Lead	Past Producer	Galena, Silver, Sphalerite
Haputa Ranch	Gold, Thorium, REE, Barium-Barite, Lead	Prospect	1950
Hardin Claim Group	Uranium, Vanadium, Thorium	Prospect	Vein
Herman Passiflora Mine	Silver, Lead, Gold, Iron, Copper	Past Producer	1895
Hillside	Pumice	Past Producer
Immortal Mine	Silver, Iron, Lead, Copper	Past Producer	1882
Invincible Shaft	Silver, Copper, Lead, Iron	Past Producer	1895
Iron Mountain Mine	Silver, Iron, REE, Molybdenum, Copper	Past Producer	1879, 1880, 1889
Kate Mine	Silver, Copper, Lead, Iron	Past Producer	1885
Keystone Mine	Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Iron	Past Producer	1880, 1895, 1964
King of the Valley Mine	Silver, Manganese, Iron	Past Producer	1895
Marion Mine	Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer	Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite, Galena
Mount Robinson deposit	Potassium, Aluminum	Occurrence	1890
Mountain View	Silver, Perlite, Zinc, Lead	Producer	Galena, Sphalerite
Mystery Lode	Thorium, Lead, Copper, Barium-Barite, Zinc, Manganese, Gold	Occurrence	1950
Nellie Mine	Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper	Past Producer	1895
New Shaft	Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Lead	Past Producer	1877, 1878
Nightengale Claim	Thorium, REE, Lead, Barium-Barite	Prospect	1950
Niles Mine	Vermiculite, REE	Past Producer	1945
Oak Creek (Ilse) District	Lead, Silver, Zinc, Uranium, Gold	Past Producer	Cerussite, Phosgenite
P & O Mine	Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead	Past Producer	1877, 1878
Rosita Hills District	Gold, Silver, Perlite, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Aluminum, Potassium	Past Producer
Round Mountain Prospect	Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Iron	Prospect	Argentite, Bromyrite, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Jarosite, Pyrite
Sewell Ranch	Thorium, Uranium	Unknown
Skek City Mine	Nickel, Copper, Gold, Silver	Prospect	1922
Star Mine	Silver, Aluminum, Gold	Past Producer	1882
Swartz Ranch	Vermiculite, Thorium, REE, Uranium, Beryllium	Prospect	Bertrandite, Thorite
Unidentified Occurrence	Thorium, Silver	Prospect
Unknown	REE, Thorium, Lead, Iron, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite	Producer	Vein
Unknown	Barium-Barite, Vermiculite	Occurrence
Unknown	Sodium, Potassium, Calcium	Occurrence
Verde Creek Deposit	Silver, Copper, Antimony, Lead, Barium-Barite, Molybdenum, Gold	Past Producer	vein
Wet Mountains District	Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver	Past Producer	Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite, Galena
Wild Girl and High Kicker Claims	Lead, Silver, Zinc, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite	Past Producer	1887, 1893
Boulder-Buffalo	Silver, Iron, Manganese	Past Producer	1895
Elizabeth Prospect	Silver, Gold, Copper, Iron	Prospect	1882, 1900
Feldspar Mine	Barium-Barite, Lead, Feldspar	Producer	Vein
Humboldt Mine	Silver, Copper, Lead	Past Producer	1874
Jit Prospect	Zinc, Lead, Manganese	Prospect	Chalcopyrite, Galena
John Spalding	Barium-Barite, Thorium, Lead	Prospect	1951
King of the Carbonates Mine	Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper	Past Producer	1882
Knight-Stacy	Molybdenum	Prospect	Stockwork
Lady Franklin Mine	Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Iron	Past Producer	1967
Lake View	Feldspar	Producer	Feldspar
Lucky Find Claim	Barium-Barite, Thorium, Copper	Prospect	1950
Maverick Mine	Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper, Iron	Past Producer	1870, 1874
Mountain Boy Mine	Silver, Zinc, Lead	Past Producer	1882
Ophir Creek Claims	Lead, Gold, Silver	Prospect	Cerargyrite, Gold
Pioneer Mine	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead	Past Producer	1874
Racine Boy Mine	Silver, Lead, Iron, Manganese	Past Producer	1878, 1880, 1911
Sewell Ranch	REE, Thorium	Prospect	1952
Unknown	Molybdenum	Occurrence	Molybdenite
Unknown	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Occurrence
Unknown	Bentonite	Occurrence	Bentonite
Unknown	Bentonite	Occurrence	Bentonite
Unknown	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Producer
Wild Goose Mine	Nickel	Prospect	1947
Wild Goose Mine	Nickel	Past Producer
Beck Mountain Lode	Uranium, Vanadium	Past Producer	1955
Blue Bird Claim	Thorium, Barium-Barite	Prospect	1952
Franklin Mine	Thorium, REE, Lead, Copper	Past Producer	Bornite, Galena, Thorite
Hidden Valley Claims	Thorium, Barium-Barite	Prospect	1952
Jay Gould Mine	Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc	Past Producer	1882
Jocomo	Fluorine-Fluorite	Past Producer	Vein
King Midas Claims	Uranium, Vanadium	Past Producer	1966
Lawson Mine	Clay	Past Producer
Lee Jones Ranch	Uranium, Thorium	Prospect	1951
Pocahontas Mine	Silver, Copper, Barium-Barite	Past Producer	Chalcopyrite, Thorite, Galena
Pocahontas Mine	Silver, Lead, Copper	Past Producer	1874
Polonia Shaft	Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Iron	Past Producer	1895
Rare Earth Special No 4	Uranium, Thorium	Prospect
Silver Cliff District	Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc	Past Producer
Twenty-Six Shafts	Silver, Lead, Copper	Past Producer	1895
Unidentified Prospect	Uranium, Thorium	Prospect	Thorite
Unknown	Clay	Occurrence	Clay
Unknown	Clay	Occurrence	Clay
Unknown	Fluorine-Fluorite	Prospect
Valley View Claim	Thorium, Barium-Barite	Prospect	Barite, Thorite
Hoza Ranch	Zinc	Past Producer	Sphalerite
New Hope	Lead, Zinc	Past Producer
Unknown	Zinc, Lead	Past Producer
Wildcat Mine	Silver, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer	1882
Preston Gold Mine	Silver, Gold	Past Producer	1902, 1903, 1907
Terrible Mine	Lead, Silver, Gold	Past Producer	1879, 1884, 1943
Cloverdale Mine	Gold, Lead, Silver	Past Producer	1922
East Leviathan Mine	Lead, Silver, Copper, Iron	Past Producer	1874
Gem Park, Goldenite, Silverite	Vermiculite	Occurrence	Vermiculite
Hardship Lode	Vermiculite	Producer
Leavenworth Mine	Lead, Silver, Copper, Iron	Past Producer	1874
Phares & Allen	Vermiculite	Prospect	Vermiculite
Robinson,Young,Marjorie Lode	Vermiculite	Past Producer
Shorty Robinson Lode, Young Deposit	Vermiculite	Past Producer	Vermiculite
Unidentified Occurrence	Lead, Silver	Prospect	Galena, Silver
Virginia Mine	Lead, Silver, Copper, Iron	Past Producer	1874
Ben West Hill prospect	Silver, Lead, Zinc	Prospect
Colorado Zinc Company Mine	Lead, Zinc	Producer	Galena, Sphalerite
Deceiver Mine	Lead, Zinc	Past Producer	Vein
Poorman Shaft	Silver, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer	1895
Transylvania Tunnel	Silver, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer	1895
Airborne Anomaly 18	Uranium	Occurrence
C.H. Connor Mine	Manganese	Past Producer	Vein
Crestone	Uranium	Past Producer
Damn Fool Claims	Uranium	Occurrence	Carnotite
Gold Crown No. 2 Claim	Thorium, Barium-Barite, Uranium	Prospect	1935
Horn Peak Claims	Uranium	Past Producer
Nutter Prospect	Manganese	Occurrence
Nutter Prospect	Manganese	Prospect	1917
Thorium Mountain Mine	Thorium, REE, Uranium	Past Producer	1952
Vanderbilt Mine	Silver, Lead, Manganese	Past Producer	1895
Victory Claims	Manganese	Occurrence	1947
Wahl Iron Mine	Iron, Manganese	Past Producer	1882
Westcliffe Mining and Milling Co. Deposit	Manganese	Occurrence
Barrel Springs Mine	Barium-Barite	Past Producer	1939
Beardsley Deposit	Thorium, REE, Barium-Barite	Past Producer	1952
Fair View Lode	Thorium, Barium-Barite	Prospect	1953
Half Moon Mine	Silver, Lead, Gold	Past Producer	1934
Mountain View Mine	Perlite, Silver, Lead	Past Producer	1895
Oak Creek	Barium-Barite	Past Producer
Peerless Mine	Silver, Lead, Copper, Iron	Past Producer	1874
Pine Tree Claim	Thorium, Barium-Barite	Past Producer	1952
Songbird Mine	Perlite, Silver, Lead	Past Producer	1895
Unknown	Barium-Barite	Occurrence	Barite
Victoria Tunnel	Silver, Lead, Copper, Iron	Past Producer	1874
West Leviathan Mine	Silver, Lead, Copper, Iron	Past Producer	1874
Wet Mountain Mine	Barium-Barite	Past Producer	Barite
Anna Lee Lode	Thorium, REE	Prospect	1952
Atomic Mountain Claim	Thorium, REE	Prospect	1952
General Ike	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Golden Gate Mine	Silver, Gold	Past Producer	1882
Little Maud Claim	Thorium, REE	Prospect	1952
Lucky Find	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Mystery	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Pennie Poker	Thorium, REE, Lead	Past Producer	1950
Seneca Tunnel	Silver, Gold	Prospect	1895
Starbuck Claim	Thorium, REE, Gold	Prospect	1952
Twenty Grand Claim	Thorium, REE	Prospect	1952
California Shaft	Silver, Lead	Past Producer	1883
Lead Hill Deposit	Lead	Past Producer	1915
Moore's Property	Lead	Past Producer	1895, 1908
Alexander Shaft	Silver, Copper	Prospect	1882
Nebraska Shaft	Silver, Iron	Past Producer	Vein
Rita Alta Mine	Copper	Past Producer	Chalcopyrite
Sangre De Cristo Mine	Copper	Past Producer	Chalcopyrite
Summit Mine	Silver, Iron	Past Producer	Vein
Sunrise Mine	Silver, Copper	Past Producer	1882
Unidentified Mine	Iron	Occurrence
Unidentified Occurrence	Iron	Occurrence
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit M-093	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Sedimentary
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sand and Gravel
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	Sand and Gravel
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	Sand and Gravel
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	Sand and Gravel
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	Sand and Gravel
Abbit	Perlite	Past Producer
Quarry	Perlite	Past Producer	Rhyolite
Quarry	Perlite	Producer	Rhyolite
Quarry	Perlite	Past Producer	Rhyolite
Rosita Hills Deposit	Perlite	Producer
Rosita Mine	Perlite	Past Producer
Strip Mine	Perlite	Past Producer
Unknown	Perlite	Occurrence
Unknown	Perlite	Producer
Unknown	Perlite	Past Producer
Unknown	Perlite	Past Producer
Unknown	Perlite	Past Producer
Unknown	Perlite	Past Producer
Unknown	Perlite	Past Producer
Bassier Mine	Thorium	Past Producer	Thorite
Charleston Property	Thorium	Prospect	Thorite
Cora B Claim	Thorium	Prospect	1952
Hardwick Deposit	Thorium	Prospect	Thorite
Henicke Tracts	Thorium	Occurrence	Thorite
Midnite Lode	Thorium	Prospect	1952
Rare Earth Special No 1 and No 2 Claims	Thorium	Prospect	1953
Sunset Lode	Thorium	Prospect	1952
Sunshine Valley Lode	Thorium	Prospect	1953
Thorite Mother Lode	Thorium	Prospect	1953
Tomsick Property	Thorium	Past Producer	Thorite
Unidentified Occurrence	Thorium	Prospect	1951
Unknown	Thorium	Occurrence	Vein
Unknown	Thorium	Producer	Vein
Belcher Prospect	Silver	Prospect	Vein
Belfast Claim	Silver	Occurrence	1882
Ben Franklin Prospect	Silver	Prospect	1882
Bonanza Mine	Silver	Past Producer	1882
Broad Axe Prospect	Silver	Prospect	1882
Buckeye - Holt Mine	Silver	Past Producer
Bullion Prospect	Silver	Prospect	1882
Carbonate Prospect	Silver	Prospect
Caroline Tunnel	Silver	Prospect	1882
Del Monte Prospect	Silver	Occurrence	1882
Delaware Mine	Silver	Past Producer
Dinero Prospect	Silver	Prospect	1882
Dirigo Prospect	Silver	Prospect	1882
Empire State Shaft	Silver	Past Producer	1882
Eureka Shaft	Silver	Past Producer	1882
Fiskdale Prospect	Silver	Occurrence	1882
Game Ridge Mine	Silver	Past Producer	1895
Globe Prospect	Silver	Past Producer	1882
Golden Age Prospect	Silver	Prospect	1882
Golden King Shaft	Silver	Past Producer	1895
Good Hope Mine	Silver	Past Producer	1882
Gray Eagle Mine	Silver	Past Producer	1882
Hard Cash Mine	Silver	Past Producer	1895
Hector Prospect	Silver	Prospect	1881
Horton Mine	Silver	Past Producer	1883
Indiana Prospect	Silver	Prospect	1882
Julianna Mine	Silver	Past Producer	1895
Keepsake Prospect	Silver	Prospect	1882
King Prospect	Silver	Prospect	1882
Lizzie Mac Prospect	Silver	Prospect	1882
Lucille Mine	Silver	Past Producer	1882
Mapleton Shaft	Silver	Prospect	1882
Matchless Prospect	Silver	Producer	1882
Michigan Prospect	Silver	Prospect	1882
Mineral Claims No. 2	Silver	Past Producer
New Pit Prospect	Silver	Prospect
New Year Prospect	Silver	Occurrence	Vein
Ocean Wave Mine	Silver	Past Producer	1882
Ophir Mine	Silver	Past Producer	1882
Plata Verde Mine	Silver	Past Producer	1895
Powhattan Prospect	Silver	Prospect	Vein
Quaker City Mine	Silver	Past Producer	1882
Racer Mine	Silver	Past Producer	1895
Rappahannock Prospect	Silver	Past Producer	Vein
Red Spring Tunnel	Silver	Past Producer	1895
San Francisco Mine	Silver	Past Producer	1882
Sedgwick Shaft	Silver	Past Producer	1882
Silver Horn Mine	Silver	Prospect	1882
Silver King Shaft	Silver	Prospect	1882
Stephen Prospect	Silver	Prospect	Vein
Sunset Shaft	Silver	Past Producer	1882
Unidentified Occurrence	Silver	Past Producer
Unidentified Occurrence	Silver	Prospect
Unidentified Occurrence	Silver	Past Producer
Unidentified Occurrence	Silver	Producer
Unknown	Silver	Occurrence	Silver
Zebra Prospect	Silver	Prospect	1882

Every populated place in the county

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

Cold Spring

Westcliffe census division · 81252 · On Junkins Park Creek · Hardscrabble Mountain quadrangle

24 sheets, 1889 to 1994
Fairview

Westcliffe census division · 81253 · On Bigelow Creek · Saint Charles Peak quadrangle

23 sheets, 1889 to 1994
Greenwood

Westcliffe census division · 81253 · Near Allen Gulch · Wetmore quadrangle

23 sheets, 1889 to 1994
McKenzie Junction

Westcliffe census division · 81253 · On Silver Park Creek · Hardscrabble Mountain quadrangle

24 sheets, 1889 to 1994
Querida

Westcliffe census division · 81252 · Near Bassick Hill · Mount Tyndall quadrangle

26 sheets, 1889 to 1994
Rosita

Westcliffe census division · 81252 · Near Wakefield Hill · Rosita quadrangle

24 sheets, 1889 to 1994
San Isabel

Westcliffe census division · 81069 · On Willow Creek · San Isabel quadrangle

17 sheets, 1889 to 1994
Silver Cliff

Westcliffe census division · 81252 · On Silver Cliff Plateau · Westcliffe quadrangle

23 sheets, 1889 to 1989
Tanglewood Acres

Westcliffe census division · 81252 · On Hiltman Creek · Horn Peak quadrangle

20 sheets, 1954 to 2001
Ula

Westcliffe census division · 81252 · On Venable Creek · Beckwith Mountain quadrangle

23 sheets, 1954 to 2001

No longer a settlement
Westcliffe

Westcliffe census division · 81252 · Near Chloride Gulch · Westcliffe quadrangle

23 sheets, 1889 to 1989
Wetmore

Westcliffe census division · 81253 · Near Watson Gulch · Wetmore quadrangle

23 sheets, 1889 to 1994

The vanished settlements of Custer County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Provenance

Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
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.