Chandler, Colorado
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Florence census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81212. It stands on North Cow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rockvale quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 23 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 Rockvale quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Canon City quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Rockvale quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
481 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 481 fires within 5 miles of Chandler (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 137 acres in total. 37 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined | 395 |
| Natural | 37 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Williamsburg Volunteer Fire Department (Florence Fire Protection District) | UNKNOWN |
| 6 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | STULTZ |
| 5 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Canon City Area Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 4 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Williamsburg Volunteer Fire Department (Florence Fire Protection District) | UNKNOWN |
| 30 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Williamsburg Volunteer Fire Department (Florence Fire Protection District) | UNKNOWN |
| 30 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | STULTZ |
| 3 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 |
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 Chandler (historical): 29 past producers, 26 producers, 7 occurrences, 1 plant. 27 still produce. What was taken out: Feldspar, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bentley Pegmatite | Feldspar, Mica, Quartz | Past Producer | Feldspar, Mica, Quartz | |
| Canon City Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | Limonite, Siderite | |
| Cotter Mill (facility) | Uranium, Molybdenum | Past Producer | ||
| Grape Creek & Serpent Prospect | Clay, Garnet | Past Producer | ||
| Horse Shoe & El Ploma | Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Last Hope | Feldspar, Mica, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Quartz | Producer | Mica, Microcline, Quartz | |
| Oak Creek | Feldspar, Mica | Producer | ||
| Oak Creek Grade Prospect | Feldspar, Quartz, Mica | Producer | Biotite, Microcline, Quartz | |
| Oak Creek Grade Prsopect | Feldspar, Mica | Occurrence | ||
| Empire Zinc Mine | Zinc | Producer | Sphalerite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockvale | 2.0 miles | 23 | |
| Williamsburg | 2.6 miles | 24 | |
| Coal Creek | 2.9 miles | 23 | |
| Brookside | 2.9 miles | 24 | |
| Lincoln Park | 4.0 miles | 24 | |
| Prospect Heights | 4.2 miles | 24 | |
| Florence | 4.5 miles | 24 | |
| Cañon City | 5.2 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 204919. 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.











