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Bakerville, Colorado

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Georgetown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80476. It stands on Quayle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Grays Peak quadrangle.

Bakerville within Clear Creek County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 31 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

14 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Bakerville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 6 acres in total. 2 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
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
28 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandHERMAN GULCH
28 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionBIG ROCK 2
13 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandWEST CHICAGO CREEK
21 August 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandPARNASSUS
11 August 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandHERMAN GULCH
9 July 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandBAKERVILLE
30 July 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandURAD
14 July 1995Naturalunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandSILVER PLUME

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clear Creek County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 118 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 118 workings within 5 miles of Bakerville: 82 past producers, 18 occurrences, 16 producers, 2 prospects. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, Lead, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Baker MineGold, Fluorine-Fluorite, Silver, Copper, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Baker, StevensZinc, Lead, Silver, Gold, CopperProducerCopper, Gold, Lead, Silver
Bard Creek MineZinc, Gold, Lead, Silver, CopperOccurrenceLead, Silver
Denver Granite and MarbleGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Eagles NestLead, Gold, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Eagles NestZinc, Gold, Silver, LeadOccurrenceVein
East ButteGold, Lead, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Gold Belt TunnelGold, Silver, CopperProducerVein
Gold Belt, HamillLead, Silver, Zinc, GoldProducerLead
Great Grizzley GulchGold, Copper, Lead, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clear Creek 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
Graymont0.3 miles31
Silver Plume4.2 miles29
Berthoud Falls5.5 miles28
Silverdale (historical)5.8 miles29
Georgetown5.8 miles29
Empire8.0 miles29
Lamartine10.3 miles28
Lawson10.7 miles29

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 BakervilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q105742496The 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 196497. 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.