Antero Junction, Colorado
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Fairplay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80449. The Survey maps it on the Antero Reservoir quadrangle. It stands 9,187 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1954 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Antero Reservoir quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Antero Reservoir quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Pikes Peak quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Antero Reservoir quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
26 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Antero Junction between 1992 and 2018, burning about 43 acres in total. 7 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 ceremony | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | FAIRPLAY |
| 14 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | KAUFMAN FIRE |
| 11 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sedgwick Volunteer Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 11 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | SALTY |
| 11 August 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | not named |
| 10 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | SALT |
| 6 July 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | SHIELDS GULCH |
| 23 July 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Hartsel Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Antero Junction: 5 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Feldspar, REE, Bismuth. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clora May Mine | Feldspar, REE, Bismuth, Beryllium, Uranium, Thorium | Past Producer | Allanite, Beryl, Bismutite, Euxenite, Xenotime | |
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Iron Chest Mine | Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | 1947 | |
| Mizpah Gold Mine | Lead, Zinc, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Galena, Gold, Silver, Sphalerite | |
| Carson Mining and Development | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Carson Mining and Development | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haver | 3.5 miles | 19 | |
| Trump (historical) | 10.7 miles | 14 | |
| Hartsel | 11.3 miles | 15 | |
| Balfour | 12.8 miles | 14 | |
| Garo | 13.3 miles | 15 | |
| Pike-San Isabel Village | 15.7 miles | 15 | |
| Horseshoe (historical) | 20.4 miles | 23 | |
| Leavick (historical) | 20.8 miles | 24 |
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 Antero Junction | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4771420 | The 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 191088. 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.









