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.
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.
Royal Gorge Bridge and Incline Railwaylisted 1983 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 26 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.
- 1889 USGS Canon City quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1892 USGS Canon City quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1892 USGS Canyon City quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Royal Gorge quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Royal Gorge quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Canon City quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Royal Gorge quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
210 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 125 |
| Natural | 62 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Canon City Area Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 6 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Royal Gorge Field Office | PARKDALE |
| 4 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Front Range District Office | SOUTH RIM |
| 29 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Canon City Area Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 28 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 20 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 14 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Canon City Area Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 13 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 64 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas River Placers District | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1932, 1945 | |
| Border Feldspar | Feldspar, Silica, Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Border Feldspar Prospect | Feldspar, Quartz, Mica, Bismuth, Beryllium | Past Producer | Beryl, Bismutite, Feldspar, Microcline, Muscovite, Quartz | |
| Canon City Hot Springs | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Consolidated Feldspar Corporation Mine | Feldspar, Mica, Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum | Past Producer | Beryl, Microcline, Muscovite | |
| Copper Gulch Deposit | Uranium, Copper, Tungsten | Occurrence | Torbernite | |
| Devils Hole Quarry | Beryllium, Mica, Feldspar | Producer | ||
| Eight Mile Park District | Feldspar, Mica, Quartz, Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Bismuth | Past Producer | Feldspar, Muscovite, Quartz, Beryl | |
| Eight Mile Park pegmatite area | Quartz, Feldspar, Mica | Occurrence | PEGMATITES | |
| Meyers Mine | Feldspar, Mica, Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Lithium, Uranium, Copper, Bismuth, Lead | Producer | 1929, 1942 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sample | 1.5 miles | 26 | |
| Fink | 3.0 miles | 24 | |
| Cañon City | 5.1 miles | 24 | |
| Orchard Park | 5.2 miles | 24 | |
| Prospect Heights | 5.9 miles | 24 | |
| East Canon | 6.3 miles | 24 | |
| Park Center | 6.4 miles | 24 | |
| Sunset City | 6.5 miles | 24 |
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 Joe | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4983516 | The 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.












