Antlers, Colorado
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Rifle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81650. It stands on Mamm Creek. The Survey maps it on the Silt quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 20 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.
- 1906 USGS Grand Hogback quadrangle1:125000
- 1910 USGS Grand Hogback quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Silt quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1964 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Glenwood Springs quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
212 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 212 fires within 5 miles of Antlers between 1992 and 2020, burning about 218 acres in total. 99 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 99 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 82 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | HELMER GULCH |
| 8 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | RAMSEY |
| 7 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | 320 ROAD |
| 6 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | ANDERSON POINT |
| 5 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado River Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 4 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Northwest District, Grand Junction | GFX ASSIST 429 |
| 29 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | HELMER GLC |
| 23 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | SILT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Antlers: 3 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Vanadium, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rifle Mill | Vanadium, Uranium | Producer | ||
| Chambers Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rifle Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Antlers in 2 storm reports in 2012: 1 flood, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rifle | 3.0 miles | 20 | |
| Silt | 3.8 miles | 20 | |
| New Castle | 10.3 miles | 20 | |
| Anvil Points | 10.5 miles | 23 | |
| Rulison | 11.7 miles | 13 | |
| Chacra | 15.1 miles | 20 | |
| Battlement Mesa | 17.3 miles | 16 | |
| Parachute | 18.3 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 174052. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.








