Pitkin County, Colorado

75 topographic sheets cover 17 settlements here, and 38 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Research this county

From the record

38 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Colorado within the United States

Pitkin County within Colorado

What the record shows

329 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
38 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 27 buildings, 5 districts, 3 sites, 2 structures and 1 object.
8 of the 38 listings were added during the 1970s.
The Geographic Names Information System records 17 populated places in this county; 17 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
Armory Hall, Fraternal Hall	building	1975	75000529
Ashcroft, Colorado	site	1975	75000533
Aspen Community Church	building	1975	75000530
Berger Cabin	building	2025	100011303
Boat Tow	object	1990	90000866
Bowles-Cooley House	building	1987	87000188
Matthew Callahan Log Cabin	building	1987	87000150
Collins Block-Aspen Lumber and Supply	building	1987	87000191
Dixon-Markle House	building	1987	87000165
D. E. Frantz House	building	1987	87000152
Samuel I. Hallett House	building	1987	87000155
Holden Mining and Smelting Co.	district	1990	90000867
Hotel Jerome	building	1986	86000459
Hyman-Brand Building	building	1985	85000085
Thomas Hynes House	building	1987	87000157
Independence and Independence Mill Site	district	1973	73000484
La Fave Block	building	1987	87000193
Maroon Creek Bridge	structure	1985	85000222
New Brick-The Brick Saloon	building	1987	87000185
Newberry House	building	1987	87000158
Osgood Castle	building	1971	71000216
Osgood Gamekeeper's Lodge	building	1989	89000933
Osgood-Kuhnhausen House	building	1983	83001327
Pitkin County Courthouse	building	1975	75000531
Redstone Coke Oven Historic District	district	1990	89002385
Redstone Historic District	district	1989	89000934
Redstone Inn	building	1980	80000920
Riede's City Bakery	building	1987	87000182
Sheely Bridge	structure	1985	85000223
Shilling-Lamb House	building	1987	87000163
Smith-Elisha House	building	1989	87002121
Smuggler Mine	site	1987	87000194
Soldner Home and Studio	district	2022	100006799
Ute Cemetery	site	2002	02000291
Davis Waite House	building	1987	87000160
Henry Webber House-Pioneer Park	building	1987	87000189
Wheeler Opera House	building	1972	72000276
Wheeler-Stallard House	building	1975	75000532

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

220 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 220 of them, burning about 4,244 acres. 99 started naturally and 1 was recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause	Fires
Natural	99
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	70
Recreation and ceremony	32
Power generation/transmission/distribution	10
Debris and open burning	3
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Fireworks	1
Smoking	1
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
3 July 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3,070 acres	Denver County	LAKE CHRISTINE FIRE
21 October 2019	Natural	720 acres	White River National Forest	GRANITE LAKE
5 September 2002	Natural	171 acres	White River National Forest	THOMPSON CREEK
30 October 2003	Power generation/transmission/distribution	48 acres	Northwest District, Grand Junction	PITKINCO 2
2 October 2011	Natural	37 acres	Northwest District, Grand Junction	WINGO
3 August 1992	Natural	35 acres	White River National Forest	not named
16 July 2005	Natural	31 acres	White River National Forest	FRYING PAN WFU
5 April 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	30 acres	Northwest District, Grand Junction	PITKIN ASSIST 1

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

Storms, 1975 to 2025

60 of 79 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 79 reports for this county, causing 2 deaths, 3 injuries and about $1,177,000 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event	Reports
Flash Flood	25
Debris Flow	25
Thunderstorm Wind	9
Heavy Rain	6
Hail	5
Lightning	4
Flood	4
Tornado	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
May 2023	Flood	Snowmass	1 killed	The Roaring Fork River ran high and fast as a result of accelerated snowmelt. Rescuers were unable to resuscitate a person they recovered from the river near the Lazy Glen subdivision after strong, runoff-fueled currents carried the victim downstream roughly 1 1/2 to 2 miles. It did not appear the person had been in a water vessel like a boat or raft. The incident had the makings of someone falling into the river from its banks, but that wasnt a certainty. Age and gender of victim is unknown.
July 1997	Lightning	Aspen	1 killed	no account filed
July 2008	Lightning	Aspen	2 hurt	A family of five from Idaho were all struck by lightning while hiking on the American Lake Trail, about 9.5 miles south of Aspen. A 15-year-old girl was revived after being administered CPR. A 17-year-old boy was burned on the soles of his feet. The other three family members did not receive any significant injuries.
July 2000	Lightning	Aspen	1 hurt	no account filed
July 2021	Debris Flow	Redstone	$500,000	Several mudslides occurred along Colorado Highway 133 near Redstone as a result of heavy rains. Debris depth was 7 to 8 feet with one slide and 3 to 4 feet deep with another. As a result, motorists were stranded until cleanup operations were complete.
July 2021	Debris Flow	Redstone	$300,000	Heavy rains resulted in a debris flow of mud, branches and rocks across Avalanche Creek Road. The road remained closed and impassable overnight before reopening the next morning.
July 1999	Flash Flood	Redstone	$150,000	no account filed
July 2021	Debris Flow	Redstone	$50,000	Mudslides occurred on Colorado Highway 133 at Redstone Boulevard, 9 miles north of McClure Pass near mile marker 55. The highway was closed in both directions for almost twelve hours due to cleanup operations.
July 2006	Flash Flood	Snowmass	$40,000	no account filed
July 1999	Flash Flood	Redstone	$30,000	no account filed
July 2021	Debris Flow	Redstone	$25,000	A debris flow of mud, rocks and trees occurred along Colorado Highway 133 north of Redstone as a result of heavy rains. The road was closed for several hours due to cleanup operations.
June 1975	Tornado (F2)	not stated	$25,000	no account filed
June 2011	Flood	Snowmass	$10,000	Area creeks across Pitkin County responded to rapid snowmelt and ran at elevated levels through much of June. Areas adjacent to the Crystal river were impacted through the middle part of the month when flood advisories were in effect for near bankfull conditions. The river also briefly spiked above flood stage on June 6th near Redstone. Low land flooding was reported along the Crystal river with water and debris reaching the bottom of several bridges between Restone and Carbondale.
July 2021	Debris Flow	Redstone	$7,500	Mudslides occurred as a result of heavy rains along Colorado Highway 133 near Redstone and Swiss Village. The highway was closed for a couple of hours due to cleanup operations.
June 2023	Flood	(Ase)Aspen Arpt	$5,000	Accelerated snowmelt resulted in the development of a sinkhole on the edge of Brush Creek Road immediately downhill of Lower Kearns Road in Snowmass Village. The road was closed for a short while before being reopened a day or so later.
July 2023	Debris Flow	Aspen	$5,000	Debris of mud and rock fell across portions of the Rio Grande Trail outside of Aspen as a result of heavy rain from thunderstorms.
August 2021	Debris Flow	Aspen	$5,000	Pitkin County Sheriff reported the closure of Independence Pass along Colorado Highway 82 between mile markers 47 and 72 due to mudslides.
July 2007	Flash Flood	Aspen	$5,000	Heavy rain caused water and debris to flow down a normally dry drainage running through the Maroon Creek Day Use Area provided by the USFS. The water and debris average depth was 5 feet with a width of 30 feet. The flash flood hit the Maroon Creek Road and a trailhead parking lot where it spread out about 100 feet wide, clogging culverts and burying the road and day-use area under 1 to 2 feet of debris. Improved trails were destroyed and tons of debris had to be removed from the road and day-use area. Additionally, hailstones up to 1/2 inch diameter accompanied the heavy rain. There were people camping nearby in tents when the event occurred.
July 2008	Heavy Rain	Woody Creek	$3,000	Heavy rain resulted in minor flooding of two homes along Lower River Road near mile marker 27.
September 1997	Flash Flood	Snowmass	$3,000	no account filed
July 2022	Debris Flow	Redstone	$2,000	A mudslide occurred on Colorado Highway 133 near Redstone at mile marker 57 as a result of heavy rain from thunderstorms.
August 2017	Heavy Rain	Snowmass	$2,000	A series of strong thunderstorms produced torrential rainfall in the Elk Run subdivision which resulted in water that flowed into several homes. A home on Red Tail Court took the brunt of water flowing off the hillside and had two feet of water in the lower level. Some of the streets in Elk Run were coated with as much as 6 inches of mud. Radar estimated 1 to 1.5 inches of rain fell throughout the day.
July 2007	Flash Flood	Redstone	$2,000	Heavy rain producing thunderstorms caused flash flooding across a forest service road between Highway 133 and the Avalanche Creek Campground. About 3 feet of debris was deposited on the road in the wake of the flash flood. Dozens of campers were stranded in the campground until the next day.
July 2006	Lightning	Aspen	$2,000	no account filed
September 1997	Flash Flood	Redstone	$2,000	no account filed
May 2023	Flood	Snowmass	$1,000	Warm temperatures increased snowmelt and caused flooding on the lower Prince Creek trails, which ran along Prince Creek. High water submerged bridges and led to damage on the trails.
August 2022	Debris Flow	Redstone	$1,000	A mudslide occurred on Colorado Highway 133 near Redstone due to heavy rain which resulted in both lanes of traffic being closed due to cleanup operations.
May 2023	Debris Flow	(Ase)Aspen Arpt	$500	Warm temperatures increased snowmelt and caused a debris flow on unsettled slopes on the Rio Grande Trail in Snowmass Canyon. The trail ran along the Roaring Fork River.
July 2022	Debris Flow	Woody Creek	$500	A minor debris flow occurred on the Jaffee Connector Trail between Jaffee Park and the Rio Grande Trail in Pitkin County as a result of heavy rain from thunderstorms.
July 2022	Debris Flow	Snowmass	$500	A debris flow several inches thick of mud and rocks occurred on portions of the Rio Grande Trail in Pitkin County as a result of heavy rain from thunderstorms.
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Snowmass	-	The Colorado Department of Transportation mesonet site 082w023 Basalt-Holland Hills recorded a wind gust to 75 mph at 1:58 PM MDT. This gust was associated with ongoing afternoon thunderstorms over the adjacent higher terrain. No reports of injuries, damages, or fatalities were received.
July 2025	Debris Flow	Redstone	-	A mudslide occurred on Highway 133 due to heavy rainfall from a thunderstorm at mile marker 59.5. Radar estimated that 0.7 to 1.4 inches of rain fell within the drainage above Highway 133. The mudslide was reported at 1530 MST.
August 2025	Debris Flow	Redstone	-	Two rock/mud slides were reported on Highway 133, about 10 miles south of Carbondale, between mile-markers 60 and 63. The road was reported as passable but with mud and debris on the road as of approximately 10:20 AM MDT. Reports from the Colorado Department of Transportation. Road was not closed, but did require clean-up. No reports of injuries or fatalities were received.
August 2025	Debris Flow	Snowmass	-	As of approximately 10:10 AM MDT, two rock slides were reported to have occurred on Highway 82 in Snowmass Canyon. No road closures were reported, and no damages occurred. Road did have to be cleared. No injuries or fatalities were reported.
October 2025	Debris Flow	Woody Creek	-	Heavy rain caused mud and rockslides on Frying Pan Road in Pitkin County. Road closed at 511 MST and was reopened by 623 MST.
October 2025	Debris Flow	Redstone	-	Radar indicated heavy rain between 0300 and 0400 MST. This heavy rain caused multiple mudslides to occur around 0400 MST between Carbondale and Redstone along Highway 133 centered around mile marker 55.7. Another one occurred at mile marker 53 within this similar timeframe. One vehicle was stuck in the mudslide but not buried. No indication of how deep or wide the slide was but clean up took longer than usual due to the stuck vehicle. Road reopened in both directions at 0917 MST.
August 2024	Debris Flow	Redstone	-	Multiple mudslides were reported by local law enforcement near Redstone, CO. These mudslides followed the Crystal River valley, along State Highway 133 near mile marker 53. This is roughly 1 mile north of Redstone. Slow storm motion, steep terrain, and heavy rain all combined in an area known to be susceptible to debris flows and mudslides. Highway 133 was closed for several hours for cleanup.
July 2024	Debris Flow	Redstone	-	Heavy rain rates from a thunderstorm resulted in mudslides across Highway 133 about 4 miles north of Redstone, resulting in a closure of the highway.
July 2024	Debris Flow	Redstone	-	A strong thunderstorm produced heavy rainfall rates resulting in a large mudslide at Avalanche Ranch along Highway 133. There were other mudslides along Highway 133 between Redstone Blvd and Red Dog Rd about 4 miles north of Redstone. These mudslides resulted in Highway 133 being closed in both directions from mile markers 53 to 57.
February 2022	Flash Flood	Snowmass	-	Law Enforcement in Pitkin County reported an Ice Jam that was breaking up along the Roaring Fork River with large debris and chunks of ice flow downstream.
January 2022	Flash Flood	Snowmass	-	Emergency Manager in Pitkin County reported an Ice Jam that was breaking up along the Roaring Fork River with large debris and chunks of ice flow downstream.
March 2022	Flash Flood	Snowmass	-	The Roaring Fork Conservancy in Pitkin County reported an Ice Jam that was breaking up along the Roaring Fork River with large debris and chunks of ice flow downstream.
July 2021	Debris Flow	(Ase)Aspen Arpt	-	A rockslide occurred as a result of heavy rain along Colorado Highway 82 at Shane Bluffs (mile marker 36).
July 2021	Debris Flow	Redstone	-	A mudslide resulted in the closure of Colorado Highway 133 just north of Redstone at mile marker 55. The road opened to one lane later that morning before crews finished cleanup operations.
December 2021	Flash Flood	Snowmass	-	Emergency Manager in Pitkin County reported an Ice Jam that was breaking up along the Roaring Fork River with large debris and chunks of ice flow downstream.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Snowmass	-	Wind gusts estimated to be in the 60 to 65 mph range knocked over a large tree which blocked traffic in both directions on Emma Road near Mile Marker 3 on Colorado Highway 82.
January 2019	Flash Flood	Snowmass	-	Emergency Manager in Pitkin County reported an Ice Jam that was breaking up along the Roaring Fork River with large debris and chunks of ice flow downstream. River gauges along the Roaring Fork River showed sudden rises from less than 1 foot to 1.5 feet and CFS increases from 7.33 CFS to near 45 CFS around midday on January 3rd and again on January 4th.
July 2019	Flash Flood	Snowmass	-	Thunderstorms produced heavy rain south of Carbondale which resulted in some minor flash flooding along the Prince Creek Trail System. Radar estimated rainfall rates of 0.25 to 0.50 inches per hour.
August 2019	Debris Flow	Redstone	-	Showers and thunderstorms produced heavy rain which led to a mudslide along County Road 3 near Marble. The road was closed in both directions as a result.
July 2017	Debris Flow	(Ase)Aspen Arpt	-	Several rockslides occurred after showers and storms produced heavy rain, which blocked eastbound lanes on portions of Colorado Highway 82. Radar estimated 0.50 to 0.70 inches of rain fell earlier in the afternoon. The Aspen-Pitkin County Airport ASOS measured 0.93 of an inch of rain in the early evening.
July 2016	Debris Flow	Redstone	-	Heavy rainfall from showers and thunderstorms led to rising waters which resulted in a mudslide at the confluence of the middle and lower Thompson Creek just outside of Carbondale.
July 2014	Flash Flood	Redstone	-	Numerous mud slides up to a foot deep were reported north of Redstone due to heavy rainfall and runoff. Southbound lanes of Highway 133 were blocked for several hours as road crews removed the debris.
July 2014	Flash Flood	Redstone	-	Highway 133 was closed for about 30 minutes due to flash flooding which deposited a large amount of debris onto the road at various locations between Redstone and McClure Pass.
July 2012	Flash Flood	Redstone	-	Heavy rainfall resulted in a flash flood across a section of Highway 133 about six miles south of Carbondale. The flash flood deposited mud and debris up to three feet deep on the highway. Highway 133 was closed for nearly three hours due to this event.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Redstone	-	Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a tree at Avalanche Road near Redstone, blocking both lanes of Highway 133.
July 2011	Heavy Rain	Snowmass	-	Ranfall of 0.70 of an inch fell within 60 minutes and resulted in minor flooding.
July 2011	Flash Flood	(Ase)Aspen Arpt	-	Flash floods deposited mud and other debris up to 2 feet deep on a quarter mile section of the much used Rio Grande Trail. Additionally, the Stein Trail which leads to the Aspen Airport Business Center was also was hit with flood waters that left a significant amount of mud and debris on the road. The Aspen-Pitkin County Airport also incurred flowing water up to a half foot deep across the facility.
July 2009	Flash Flood	Redstone	-	Heavy rainfall resulted in a flash flood with a large amount of mud that flowed across Highway 133. When the flooding stopped, it left a deposit of mud on the Highway up to 4 feet deep. The highway was opened to traffic within two hours after the flash flooding ended.
July 2007	Heavy Rain	Redstone	-	Heavy rain washed rocks and debris out of bar ditches and onto Highway 133 in multiple locations along a three mile stretch of the road near McClure Pass.
July 2007	Heavy Rain	Aspen	-	Minor flooding and rockslides occurred on Highway 82 just east of Aspen.

Mines and quarries

252 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 252 workings inside this county. 21 still produce and 231 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity	Workings
Silver	111
Lead	109
Silver, Lead, Zinc	16
Stone, Crushed/Broken	15
Zinc	14
Copper	13
Silver, Zinc	13
Manganese	12
Silver, Lead	12
Gold	10
Iron	8
Calcium	7
Lead, Zinc	6
Lead, Zinc, Silver	4

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

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
A M T & D Co Tunnel	Silver, Lead, Calcium	Past Producer
A-J Tunnel	Lead, Calcium, Silver, Stone	Past Producer
Argentum-Juanita Incline	Silver, Clay, Calcium	Past Producer
Aspen	Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Platinum	Past Producer	Galena
Aspen	Silver, Calcium, Lead, Stone	Past Producer
Aspen Contact Mine	Zinc, Silver, Lead	Past Producer	1892
Aspen District	Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Manganese, Cadmium, Uranium, Arsenic, Antimony, Platinum	Past Producer	1879, 1882, 1968
Bushwacker Shaft	Silver, Lead, Clay, Calcium	Past Producer
Compromise Mg Co	Silver, Calcium, Clay	Past Producer
Della's	Silver, Calcium, Clay, Lead	Past Producer
Dubuque Tunnel	Copper, Lead	Occurrence	Vein
Fryingpan Group	Uranium, Vanadium	Past Producer
Galena Bell & Lincoln Pride	Gold, Silver, Granite, Stone, Dimension	Past Producer
Greenhorn	Molybdenum, Copper, Lead, Zinc	Occurrence	Molybdenite
Homestead	Lead, Feldspar, Manganese, Silver	Past Producer
Hope Mine	Lead, Calcium, Gold, Zinc	Past Producer
Lenado Exploration	Silver, Zinc, Lead	Producer
Lincoln Gulch	Silver, Lead, Gold, Molybdenum	Past Producer
M & J Claim	Silver, Lead, Copper	Occurrence	Argentite, Galena, Stromeyerite
Millinee	Lead, Clay, Silver	Past Producer
Mollie Gibson	Lead, Silver, Calcium, Clay	Past Producer
Mystic Eagle Quarry	Gypsum-Anhydrite, Alabaster, Marble, Dimension	Producer
Percy Lasalle M & Power Co	Silver, Lead, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium	Past Producer
Pitkin Iron Mine	Iron, Silver, Titanium, Metal, Manganese, Copper	Producer	1882, 1960
Porphyry Bell	Calcium, Feldspar	Past Producer
Puzzler Lode	Iron, Magnesite	Past Producer
Ruby	Silver, Gold, Zinc	Past Producer
Ruby Mine	Copper, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Manganese	Past Producer	1897
Smuggler Mine	Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Manganese, Cadmium, Antimony, Uranium	Past Producer	1881, 1882, 1948
Snowmass	Lead, Copper, Zinc	Past Producer
Snowmass Creek Mine	Copper, Silver, Molybdenum, Iron, Zinc	Past Producer	Pyrite
Sphalerite Mine	Zinc, Lead, Copper	Occurrence	Vein
Spring Butte Mine	Lead, Gypsum-Anhydrite	Past Producer	1926
Tower Durant Tunnel and Dump	Gold, Silver, Uranium, Zinc	Unknown
Unknown	Peat	Occurrence
Alta Argent	Copper, Clay	Past Producer
Conundrum Hot Springs	Geothermal	Unknown
Durant Mine	Lead, Zinc, Silver, Limestone, General, Gold	Past Producer	Argentite, Limestone, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Frying Pan Claims	Uranium	Occurrence	Torbernite
Frying Pan Claims	Uranium	Past Producer	Vein
Penny Hot Springs	Geothermal	Unknown	1885
Tom Gilmore	Calcium, Clay	Past Producer
Unknown	Limestone, General	Producer	Sedimentary
Unknown	Oil Sands	Occurrence
Unknown	Oil Sands	Occurrence
Independence District	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead	Producer	1879, 1951
Independence Mine	Gold, Silver, Copper	Past Producer	1879
Martha Washington	Lead, Calcium, Clay, Silver	Past Producer
Mayflower	Lead, Calcium, Clay, Silver	Past Producer
Midnight Mine	Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold	Past Producer	1951
Mineral Farm	Lead, Calcium, Clay, Silver	Past Producer
Montezuma Mine	Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Gold	Past Producer	1881, 1960
Mt. Hope Mine	Gold, Silver, Copper	Past Producer	1879
Pride of Aspen	Lead, Calcium, Silver	Past Producer
Sam Houston	Lead, Calcium, Silver	Past Producer
San Jacinto	Lead, Calcium, Silver	Past Producer
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Sedimentary
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Woody Creek Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Argentum-Juniata Mine	Silver, Zinc, Lead	Past Producer	1885
Aspen Contact Tunnel	Silver, Calcium, Lead	Past Producer
Aspen Mine	Silver, Zinc, Lead	Past Producer	1884
Aspen Wince	Silver, Calcium, Lead	Past Producer
D P Rohlphing Co	Silver, Calcium, Lead	Past Producer
Good Thunder Shaft	Silver, Calcium, Lead	Past Producer
Highland Tunnel	Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper	Past Producer	1932, 1940
Hope Mine	Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper	Past Producer	1936
Last Dollar Mine	Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer	1884
Lenado	Lead, Zinc, Silver	Producer	Chalcopyrite
Mary B. Mine	Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Mollie Gibson Mine	Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Manganese	Past Producer	Underground
Park Tunnel	Lead, Silver, Zinc, Manganese	Past Producer	1929
Princess Louise Shaft	Lead, Zinc, Silver	Past Producer
Borealis	Silver, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer
Little Annie	Silver, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer
Montezuma Mine	Silver, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer	1881, 1897
Munn Tunnel	Copper, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer
Statesman Tunnel	Silver, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer
Sumggler	Silver, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer
Baystate	Lead, Calcium	Past Producer
Bonney-Bell Tunnel	Silver, Calcium	Past Producer
Lime Gulch & Hurricane	Silver, Calcium	Past Producer
Meredith	Calcium	Past Producer
Single Jack Group	Calcium, Lead	Past Producer
Cooper Creek	Iron	Past Producer
Cooper Fork Deposit	Iron	Occurrence
Cooper Fork Quarry	Iron	Occurrence
Iron Hills Properties	Iron	Past Producer
Pitkin Iron Mine	Iron	Past Producer	1961
Unknown	Lead, Iron	Past Producer
Alpine Mine	Gold	Past Producer
Ashcroft	Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc	Occurrence
Continental Placer	Gold	Occurrence	Placer
Gold Hill Tunnel	Gold	Past Producer
Independence	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Late Acquisition Mine	Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold	Past Producer	1881
Roaring Fork	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Unknown	Gold	Occurrence
Aspen Mining and Smelting Co. Mine	Silver, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer	1881, 1930
Best Friend Mine	Silver, Lead, Zinc, Manganese	Past Producer	1885
Big Buck	Manganese	Past Producer
Big Buck Mine	Manganese	Occurrence	Vein
Bionaz Group	Manganese	Past Producer	Vein
Bionaz Group	Manganese	Past Producer
Camp Bird Mine	Silver, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer	1882
Celeste Mine	Silver, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer	1885
Eclipse Mine	Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Iowa Chief Mine	Silver, Lead	Past Producer	1882
Justice Mine	Silver, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer	1886
Little Annie Mine	Silver, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer	1882
Mt Ranger Group	Copper, Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Panco Manganese Deposit	Manganese	Occurrence	Braunite
Panco Manganese Deposit	Manganese	Occurrence
Panco Manganese Deposits	Manganese	Past Producer
Pride of Aspen Mine	Silver, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer	1892, 1919
Puzzler Lode	Manganese	Occurrence	Psilomelane, Pyrolusite
Schiller Mine	Silver, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer	1884
Ainer	Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Avalanche	Copper	Past Producer
Bushwhacker Mine	Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper	Past Producer	Sphalerite
Copperopolis Mine	Copper	Past Producer
Cowenhoven Tunnel	Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Della S. Mine	Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper	Past Producer	Sphalerite
Gem Mine	Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Highland Tunnel	Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Hurricane Mine	Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Little Percy Mine	Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper	Past Producer	1884
Mcdonalds	Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Midnight	Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Midnight Tunnel	Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Park Regent Mine	Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper	Past Producer	1885
Smuggler Mine	Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Tam O Shanter	Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Unknown	Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Unknown	Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Unknown	Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Ground Hog Group	Lead, Zinc	Past Producer
Varney Tunnel	Lead, Zinc	Past Producer
Benedict Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Concentrating Plant & Mill Area	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Gravel Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Gravel Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Gravel Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Gravel Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Gravel Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Gravel Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Hemann-Woody Creek	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Iowa Chief	Silver, Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Iowa Shaft	Silver, Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Jaffee Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Oriental Gravel Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
T-C Aggregates	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Aspen Mining and Drainage Tunnel	Silver, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer	Sphalerite
Bonnybel Mine	Silver, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer	1880, 1900, 1925
Leadville Mine	Silver, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer	1890
Midnight Mine	Silver, Lead, Zinc	Producer
Newman Tunnel	Silver, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer	1881, 1926
Tilly Shaft	Silver, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer	1890
Unnamed Prospects	Silver, Lead, Zinc	Occurrence	Sphalerite
A M & S Group	Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Arkansas Tun	Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Baltic	Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Best Friend	Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Bi-Metallic Tunnel	Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Birmingham	Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Broadway Shaft	Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Brownlime Tun	Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Camp Bird	Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Carter&Morman Tunnels	Lead, Silver	Prospect
Champion Shaft	Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Clark Tunnel	Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Conomara Shaft New	Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Cunningham Tunnel	Lead, Silver	Prospect
Deep Shaft	Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Durgen Tunnel	Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Eclipse Mine	Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Edison Incline	Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Emma Shaft	Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Enterprise	Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Franklin	Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Galena	Lead	Past Producer
Golcanda	Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Great Western	Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Harkins Tunnel	Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Harrisburg	Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Holden	Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Homestake	Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Hope Mining M&L Co	Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Igneous Tunnel	Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Independence No 1	Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Jenny Lind	Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Johnson Tun	Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Larson	Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Late Acquisition Shaft	Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Leadville Tunnel	Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Little Cloud Tunnel	Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Little May	Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Little Nell Shaft	Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Mayflower Tunnel	Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Middle Tunnel	Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Mines At Aspen	Lead, Silver	Past Producer
New York Tun	Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Newman	Lead	Past Producer
Old Shaft	Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Park Regent	Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Pelland	Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Pioneer Tunnel	Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Porphyry Mountain Mines Co	Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Pride of Aspen	Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Pride of the Hills	Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Prorphyry	Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Red Spruce	Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Robert Emmet	Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Ruby	Lead	Past Producer
Saint Joe	Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Saint Paul Shaft	Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Schillar Shaft	Lead, Silver	Past Producer
South Tunnel	Lead	Past Producer
Spar #2	Lead	Past Producer
Spar Consolidated	Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Spar Disc	Lead	Past Producer
Stillwell Shaft	Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Teaser	Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Traynor	Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Unknown	Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Unknown	Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Unknown	Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Unknown	Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Unknown	Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Unknown	Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Unknown	Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Vallejo	Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Veteran	Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Visine	Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Yankee Tunnel	Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Young Shaft	Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Broadway Tunnel	Silver	Past Producer
Denver Shaft	Silver	Past Producer
Free Silver	Silver	Past Producer
Great Western	Silver	Occurrence
Lasalle	Silver	Past Producer
Last Dollar	Silver	Past Producer
Lease	Silver	Past Producer
Mary B Tunnel	Silver	Past Producer
North Tunnel	Silver	Past Producer
Old Pioneer Tun	Silver	Past Producer
Oriental	Silver	Past Producer
Percy	Silver	Past Producer
Sec of Aspen Mining Belt	Silver	Past Producer
Silver Bell	Silver	Past Producer
Silver Star	Silver	Past Producer

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.

Ashcroft

Aspen census division · 81612 · On Express Creek · Hayden Peak quadrangle

27 sheets, 1893 to 1983
Aspen

Aspen census division · 81611 · Near Spar Gulch · Aspen quadrangle

26 sheets, 1893 to 1983
Biglow

Aspen census division · 81642 · On North Fork Fryingpan River · Meredith quadrangle

18 sheets, 1909 to 1983
Emma

Snowmass Village census division · 81621 · On West Sopris Creek · Basalt quadrangle

14 sheets, 1957 to 1982
Independence

Aspen census division · 81611 · On Independence Creek · Independence Pass quadrangle

20 sheets, 1909 to 1994

No longer a settlement
Lenado

Aspen census division · 81656 · On Silver Creek · Aspen quadrangle

26 sheets, 1893 to 1983
Meredith

Aspen census division · 81621 · On Miller Creek · Meredith quadrangle

18 sheets, 1909 to 1983
Nast

Aspen census division · 81642 · On Ivanhoe Creek · Nast quadrangle

18 sheets, 1909 to 1994
Norrie

Aspen census division · 81642 · On Deeds Creek · Meredith quadrangle

18 sheets, 1909 to 1983
Placita

Snowmass Village census division · 81623 · Near Bears Gulch · Placita quadrangle

13 sheets, 1957 to 1982
Redstone

Snowmass Village census division · 81623 · On East Creek · Redstone quadrangle

16 sheets, 1957 to 1982
Ruby

Aspen census division · 81611 · On Galena Creek · Independence Pass quadrangle

20 sheets, 1909 to 1994

No longer a settlement
Snowmass

Snowmass Village census division · 81654 · On Snowmass Creek · Woody Creek quadrangle

19 sheets, 1909 to 1983
Snowmass Village

Snowmass Village census division · 81615 · On West Fork Brush Creek · Highland Peak quadrangle

25 sheets, 1893 to 1983
Thomasville

Aspen census division · 81642 · Near Bessie Park · Meredith quadrangle

18 sheets, 1909 to 1983
Wingo

Snowmass Village census division · 81654 · Near Bionaz Gulch · Basalt quadrangle

14 sheets, 1957 to 1982
Woody Creek

Aspen census division · 81656 · On Little Woody Creek · Woody Creek quadrangle

19 sheets, 1909 to 1983

The vanished settlements of Pitkin 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.