BlockAnimas Forks, Colorado
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Silverton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81433. It lies near Placer Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Handies Peak quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
On record in Animas Forks
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.
- Frisco-Bagley Mine and Tunnellisted 2020 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 30 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.
- 1897 USGS Silverton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Silverton quadrangle1:62500
- 1902 USGS Silverton quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1945 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Handies Peak quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1955 USGS Silverton quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Silverton quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Animas Forks (historical) in 2015, burning under an acre in total. None started naturally. None 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 ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | PALMETTO |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 326 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 326 workings within 5 miles of Animas Forks (historical): 156 past producers, 65 occurrences, 53 unknowns, 52 producers. 52 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Lead, Zinc, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acapulca | Bismuth, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Alabama | Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| American Flats-Eng. Mtn. Dist. | Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Silver | Producer | ||
| Belcher Tun No.1 | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Ben Butler | Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Bill Young Group | Silver, Zinc, Gold, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Black Diamond | Lead, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | Tetrahedrite | |
| Bon Homme Tunnel | Copper, Silver, Lead, Bismuth, Zinc | Past Producer | 1885, 1974 | |
| Bonanza King | Silver, Gold, Copper | Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Burrows - Little Iola | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead | Producer | Vein |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eureka | 3.6 miles | 30 | |
| Gladstone (historical) | 5.0 miles | 28 | |
| Middleton | 5.3 miles | 32 | |
| Howardsville | 6.7 miles | 32 | |
| Chattanooga (historical) | 9.1 miles | 30 | |
| Silverton | 9.6 miles | 30 | |
| Beartown (historical) | 14.8 miles | 26 | |
| Needleton | 21.0 miles | 25 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 187373. 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.