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Buckskin Joe, Colorado

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Cañon City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81212. It lies near Eightmile Park. The Survey maps it on the Royal Gorge quadrangle. It stands 6,300 feet above sea level.

Buckskin Joe within Fremont County

On record in Buckskin Joe

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 26 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

210 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 210 fires within 5 miles of Buckskin Joe between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,479 acres in total. 62 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined125
Natural62
Recreation and ceremony5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Debris and open burning3
Smoking3
Fireworks2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCanon City Area Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
6 September 2001Naturalunder an acreRoyal Gorge Field OfficePARKDALE
4 September 2018Naturalunder an acreFront Range District OfficeSOUTH RIM
29 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCanon City Area Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
28 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
20 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
14 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCanon City Area Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
13 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fremont County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 64 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 64 workings within 5 miles of Buckskin Joe: 20 past producers, 19 producers, 17 occurrences, 7 prospects. 19 still produce. What was taken out: Feldspar, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mica, Beryllium. 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
Arkansas River Placers DistrictGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, ZincPast Producer1932, 1945
Border FeldsparFeldspar, Silica, MicaPast Producer
Border Feldspar ProspectFeldspar, Quartz, Mica, Bismuth, BerylliumPast ProducerBeryl, Bismutite, Feldspar, Microcline, Muscovite, Quartz
Canon City Hot SpringsGeothermalUnknown
Consolidated Feldspar Corporation MineFeldspar, Mica, Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium), TantalumPast ProducerBeryl, Microcline, Muscovite
Copper Gulch DepositUranium, Copper, TungstenOccurrenceTorbernite
Devils Hole QuarryBeryllium, Mica, FeldsparProducer
Eight Mile Park DistrictFeldspar, Mica, Quartz, Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, BismuthPast ProducerFeldspar, Muscovite, Quartz, Beryl
Eight Mile Park pegmatite areaQuartz, Feldspar, MicaOccurrencePEGMATITES
Meyers MineFeldspar, Mica, Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Lithium, Uranium, Copper, Bismuth, LeadProducer1929, 1942

Every working recorded in Fremont 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
Sample1.5 miles26
Fink3.0 miles24
Cañon City5.1 miles24
Orchard Park5.2 miles24
Prospect Heights5.9 miles24
East Canon6.3 miles24
Park Center6.4 miles24
Sunset City6.5 miles24

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 Buckskin JoeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4983516The 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 191852. 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.