Carbonate, Colorado

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Glenwood Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81601. The Survey maps it on the Carbonate quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Carbonate within Garfield County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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.

1927 USGS Glenwood Springs quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1930 USGS Glenwood Springs quadrangle1:125000, 4 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
1974 USGS Carbonate quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1981 USGS Glenwood Springs quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

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 Carbonate (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 536 acres in total. 10 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
Natural	10
Recreation and ceremony	2
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Smoking	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
3 September 1992	Smoking	under an acre	White River National Forest	not named
27 September 1992	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	White River National Forest	not named
22 September 2015	Natural	under an acre	White River National Forest	HEART LAKE
16 September 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	White River National Forest	MONUMENT LAKE
6 August 2002	Natural	under an acre	White River National Forest	BISON LAKE
2 August 1992	Natural	under an acre	White River National Forest	not named
19 August 1996	Natural	under an acre	White River National Forest	ELK LAKE
17 August 2002	Natural	under an acre	White River National Forest	DRY BUCK CREEK

Every fire recorded in Garfield County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Carbonate (historical): 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper. 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
	Carbonate District	Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper	Past Producer	1879, 1945

Every working recorded in Garfield 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Funston	12.6 miles	22
Chacra	12.7 miles	20
No Name	12.9 miles	22
Glenwood Springs	13.3 miles	22
New Castle	15.5 miles	20
Cardiff	16.5 miles	22
Cattle Creek	20.1 miles	15
Silt	21.2 miles	20

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 Carbonate (historical)	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q30766090	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 173955. 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.