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Caribou City, Colorado

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Bald Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80466. It stands on Delonde Creek. The Survey maps it on the Nederland quadrangle.

Caribou City within Boulder County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 29 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

262 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 262 fires within 5 miles of Caribou City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,187 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 8 were 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/undetermined135
Recreation and ceremony72
Natural24
Equipment and vehicle use10
Arson/incendiarism8
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Debris and open burning4
Smoking2
Other causes2

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
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNederland Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
8 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandIA 657
8 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandSITE 11 FIRE
8 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNederland Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNederland Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
8 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNederland Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
7 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland925A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boulder County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 311 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 311 workings within 5 miles of Caribou City: 175 past producers, 95 occurrences, 33 producers, 4 unknowns. 34 still produce. What was taken out: Tungsten, Gold, Silver, Gold, 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
AnchorGold, Copper, Lead, SilverPast Producer
BelcherSilver, Gold, Lead, CopperPast ProducerGalena, Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
Blue Bird MineCopper, Gold, Zinc, Lead, SilverPast ProducerUnderground
Boulder Co. MineSilver, Gold, Tungsten, LeadOccurrenceVein
Boulder County TunnelCopper, Gold, Lead, ZincOccurrence1870
Caribou Hill iron depositIron, Titanium, VanadiumOccurrenceIlmenite, Magnetite, Titaniferous Magnetitite
Caribou MineGold, Lead, Silver, Uranium, Copper, Zinc, VanadiumPast Producer1869
Caribou Mine (based on DMEA uranium report)Zinc, Gold, Lead, Silver, UraniumPast Producer1869
Champion, Lone StarGold, Silver, CopperOccurrenceVein
Clark TunnelTungsten, Silver, GoldUnknown

Every working recorded in Boulder 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
Bonanza Mountain Estates2.0 miles25
Nederland2.0 miles29
Whispering Pine2.0 miles25
Tungsten (historical)2.3 miles25
Cardinal (historical)2.3 miles29
Saint Ann Highlands3.0 miles25
Caribou (historical)3.5 miles29
Silver Springs3.6 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 198001. 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.