Astor City, Colorado
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Minturn-Red Cliff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81645. It lies near Bishop Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Minturn quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 21 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.
- 1934 USGS Minturn quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1950 USGS Minturn quadrangle1:62500, 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
- 1964 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Minturn quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1980 USGS Vail quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
71 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Astor City (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 37 acres in total. 16 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 | 30 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | White River National Forest | GAME CREEK |
| 4 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | White River National Forest | CLUTTER GARDEN |
| 29 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 acres | White River National Forest | TWO ELK |
| 26 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | White River National Forest | CROSS CREEK FIRE |
| 17 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | White River National Forest | LION |
| 12 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | White River National Forest | HOMESTAKE |
| 11 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | White River National Forest | TWO ELK |
| 10 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | White River National Forest | TIGIWON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 31 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Astor City (historical): 16 past producers, 8 occurrences, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Lead, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle | Iron, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | Limonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Siderite, Turgite | |
| Eagle | Arsenic | Occurrence | ||
| Eagle | Zinc, Copper, Lead | Producer | Bornite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Lead, Tetrahedrite | |
| Eagle #2 | Aluminum | Occurrence | ||
| Eagle Mine | Zinc, Silver, Copper, Lead, Gold, Manganese | Past Producer | 1879 | |
| Gilman (Red Cliff) District | Lead, Gold, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Manganese, Iron | Past Producer | Anglesite, Chalcopyrite, Cerargyrite, Cerussite, Galena, Hemimorphite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite, Smithsonite | |
| Homestake Creek | Pumice | Past Producer | ||
| Iron Mask | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Manganese, Lead | Producer | Replacement | |
| Liberty | Lead, Zinc, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Little Spring | Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gilman | 1.4 miles | 21 | |
| Belden | 2.1 miles | 21 | |
| Minturn | 2.8 miles | 21 | |
| Red Cliff | 3.4 miles | 21 | |
| Dowds Junction | 4.5 miles | 21 | |
| Eagles Nest | 4.9 miles | 21 | |
| Mid Vail | 5.0 miles | 21 | |
| West Vail | 5.5 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 198185. 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.








