BlockAdelaide, Colorado
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Penrose-Portland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81240. It stands on East Fork Eightmile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Phantom Canyon quadrangle.
On record in Adelaide
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Bridge No. 10/Adelaide Bridgelisted 1985 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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.
- 1894 USGS Pikes Peak quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Pikes Peak quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Phantom Canyon quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Pikes Peak quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
62 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Adelaide between 1993 and 2020, burning about 809 acres in total. 45 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 45 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Royal Gorge Field Office | PHANTOM 2 |
| 17 September 2000 | Natural | 65 acres | Royal Gorge Field Office | COOPER MTN |
| 7 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Royal Gorge Field Office | FELCH |
| 6 August 2002 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Royal Gorge Field Office | CLYDECABIN |
| 29 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Royal Gorge Field Office | DUNVILLE |
| 28 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Royal Gorge Field Office | MID TREE |
| 28 August 2000 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Royal Gorge Field Office | HOLBERT |
| 26 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Royal Gorge Field Office | 6MILEPARK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Adelaide: 6 past producers, 3 occurrences, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Feldspar, Uranium, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bond Ranch Mine | Tungsten | Past Producer | Wolframite | |
| Brandt Claims | Uranium, Vanadium | Occurrence | Carnotite, Tyuyamunite | |
| Brandt Claims | Uranium, Vanadium | Unknown | ||
| Phantom Canyon Prospect | Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Beryllium, Mica | Producer | Beryl | |
| Phantom Lode | Feldspar, Mica, REE, Niobium (Columbium), Fluorine-Fluorite, Tantalum, Beryllium | Past Producer | 1938, 1939 | |
| Phantom Lode | Feldspar, Beryllium, Mica, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Mica, Feldspar | Past Producer | ||
| Beaver Creek Occurrence | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Dell | Manganese | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fords Mountaindale Ranch | 8.1 miles | 33 | |
| Park Center | 8.3 miles | 24 | |
| Orchard Park | 9.5 miles | 24 | |
| East Canon | 9.8 miles | 24 | |
| Penrose | 10.0 miles | 24 | |
| Lincoln Park | 11.3 miles | 24 | |
| Brookside | 11.3 miles | 24 | |
| Cañon City | 11.5 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 191344. 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.