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Birdseye, Colorado

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Leadville North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80461. It lies in Birdseye Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Climax quadrangle.

Birdseye within Lake County

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 35 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 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Birdseye between 1992 and 2020, burning about 427 acres in total. 2 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 ceremony5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLake CountyCABIN
28 September 1993Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresPike and San Isabel National Forestnot named
2 September 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestCLIMAX
14 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLeadville / Lake County Fire RescueUNKNOWN
1 September 2009Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestZION SUMMIT
4 August 2008Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestLONDON
27 August 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestCANTERBERRY
22 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLeadville / Lake County Fire RescueUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 251 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 251 workings within 5 miles of Birdseye: 203 past producers, 25 occurrences, 20 producers, 2 unknowns. 21 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Zinc, Lead, Manganese. 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
American MillLead, Silver, Gold, Copper, ZincPast Producer1933
Antioch QuarryStonePast Producer
Ball Mtn. PropertyZinc, Lead, CopperProducer
Ballard-President-Big SixIron, Silver, BismuthProducerReplacement
Breece Hill propertiesGold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, IronPast Producer
Chalk MountainGemstoneOccurrenceTopaz
Chalk MtnGarnetProducer
Champaign MineSilver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, UraniumPast Producer1876
Champaign and Coney ClaimZinc, Gold, Silver, LeadProducer
Champaign and Coney MinesGold, Silver, UraniumOccurrenceVein

Every working recorded in Lake 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
Wortman (historical)4.3 miles35
Climax (historical)4.6 miles35
Adelaide (historical)4.7 miles30
Oro (historical)5.4 miles30
Leadville5.4 miles32
Resurrection Mill5.9 miles30
Leadville Junction7.0 miles32
Stringtown7.2 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 179911. 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.