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Abbeyville, Colorado

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Gunnison census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81210. It lies near Bertha Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Tincup quadrangle.

Abbeyville within Gunnison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

34 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Abbeyville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 1 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
Recreation and ceremony22
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1
Arson/incendiarism1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
8 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsTIN CUP
9 August 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsMIRROR LAKE
4 August 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsWILLOW CREEK #2
4 August 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsWILLOW CREEK #1
4 August 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forestsnot named
3 August 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsIOWA
3 August 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forestsnot named
14 August 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsMURDIE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gunnison County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 44 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 44 workings within 5 miles of Abbeyville: 18 producers, 17 occurrences, 6 unknowns, 3 past producers. 18 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Molybdenum. 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
Atlantic, Mound, IndependenceSilver, Zinc, LeadProducer
Hubnerite LodeTungstenOccurrenceHuebnerite
Iron Cup ClaimIron, SilverProducerIron, Silver
Iron Ore LodeIron, CopperOccurrenceReplacement
Iron Ore LodeIron, MagnesitePast Producer
Jimmie MackGold, Silver, LeadProducerVein
Mono Metalist LodeManganesePast Producer
Sylvan DellLead, SilverOccurrenceLead, Silver
UnknownLead, Gold, Silver, ZincUnknown
UnknownGold, Zinc, Lead, SilverUnknown

Every working recorded in Gunnison 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
Tincup1.8 miles16
Pieplant Mill11.6 miles19
Pitkin11.7 miles19
Campbelltown (historical)12.0 miles19
Ohio15.9 miles19
Whitepine17.1 miles20
Waunita Hot Springs18.2 miles19
Almont20.3 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 189092. 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.