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Alma Junction, Colorado

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Fairplay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80420. It stands on Mosquito Creek. The Survey maps it on the Alma quadrangle. It stands 10,256 feet above sea level.

Alma Junction within Park County

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 33 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

73 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Alma Junction between 2002 and 2020, burning about 256 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 2 were 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/undetermined43
Natural10
Recreation and ceremony9
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2
Other causes1

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
9 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersFAIRPLAY
30 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
3 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
3 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
28 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
23 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreNorthwest Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
21 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Park County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 89 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 89 workings within 5 miles of Alma Junction: 56 past producers, 23 occurrences, 9 producers, 1 unknown. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Lead, Zinc, Uranium. 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
Alma Placer & Leaching PlantGold, TungstenOccurrence
Alma PlacersGold, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Buckskin JoeSilver, Gold, Lead, Copper, ZincProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Buckskin JoeLead, Zinc, CopperProducerReplacement
Copper King ProspectFeldsparPast Producer
Criterion MineGold, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Detroit-HicksCopper, Silver, ZincPast Producer1894
Dolly Varden Et AlSilver, Gold, Copper, ZincOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Galena, Tetrahedrite
East LondonUranium, Lead, Silver, GoldPast Producer
Fannie Barret MineManganeseOccurrence

Every working recorded in Park 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
Alma1.5 miles33
Dudley (historical)2.5 miles33
Park City (historical)2.6 miles33
Fairplay3.7 miles23
Horseshoe (historical)4.9 miles23
Quartzville (historical)5.6 miles33
Leavick (historical)7.0 miles24
Peabodys8.4 miles23

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Alma JunctionAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4733563The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 180004. 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.