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Adelaide, Colorado

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Leadville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80461. It lies near Yankee Hill. The Survey maps it on the Leadville South quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Adelaide within Lake County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 30 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

40 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Adelaide (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 14 acres in total. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Recreation and ceremony6
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Fireworks1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLake CountyCABIN
28 September 1993Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresPike and San Isabel National Forestnot named
14 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLeadville / Lake County Fire RescueUNKNOWN
11 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFront Range District OfficeZION
1 September 2009Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestZION SUMMIT
5 August 1994Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National Forestnot named
27 August 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLeadville / Lake County Fire RescueUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 358 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 358 workings within 5 miles of Adelaide (historical): 308 past producers, 24 occurrences, 24 producers, 2 plants. 26 still produce. What was taken out: Zinc, Manganese, Lead, Gold. 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
Antioch QuarryStonePast Producer
Ball MountainLead, Silver, Zinc, GoldPast Producer
Ball Mtn. PropertyZinc, Lead, CopperProducer
Ballard-President-Big SixIron, Silver, BismuthProducerReplacement
Black Cloud MillLead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, GoldPlant
Black Cloud MineLead, Zinc, Gold, Silver, CopperProducer1971
Chalk MtnGarnetProducer
Columbia TunnelLead, Zinc, SilverPast Producer
Diamond MineGold, Lead, Zinc, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Elk & Grey Swan GroupLead, Copper, Gold, Silver, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lake 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
Oro (historical)0.9 miles30
Resurrection Mill1.3 miles30
Leadville1.8 miles32
Stringtown3.4 miles30
Leadville Junction4.4 miles32
Birdseye4.7 miles35
Malta5.1 miles30
Mount Massive Lakes6.9 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 180161. 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.