BlockChattanooga, Colorado
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Silverton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81433. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Silverton 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 30 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.
- 1897 USGS Silverton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Silverton quadrangle1:62500
- 1902 USGS Silverton quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1945 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Silverton quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1955 USGS Silverton quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Silverton quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Chattanooga (historical) between 1993 and 2015, burning about 8 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | not named |
| 14 August 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | SWAMP CANYON |
| 1 July 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | RICHMOND |
| 28 June 1994 | Smoking | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | MULESHOE |
| 23 June 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | OPHIR |
| 2 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | SILVERTON |
| 1 October 2001 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | CARBONERO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 363 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 363 workings within 5 miles of Chattanooga (historical): 207 past producers, 110 unknowns, 25 occurrences, 19 producers. 19 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrus Mine | Gold, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Anglo-Saxon | Tungsten, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Atlanta Tunnel | Gold, Lead, Thorium, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Black Jack Lode, Ruth | Silver, Molybdenum | Occurrence | Molybdenite | |
| Boston | Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc | Producer | ||
| Brooklyn Mine | Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper | Producer | ||
| Brooklyn Mine | Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Carbon Lake | Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper | Unknown | ||
| Chattanooga | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Chattanooga Hot Spring | Geothermal | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gladstone (historical) | 4.1 miles | 28 | |
| Silverton | 5.3 miles | 30 | |
| Howardsville | 7.4 miles | 32 | |
| Middleton | 8.2 miles | 32 | |
| Eureka | 8.5 miles | 30 | |
| Animas Forks (historical) | 9.1 miles | 30 | |
| Beartown (historical) | 15.7 miles | 26 | |
| Needleton | 16.2 miles | 25 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 187550. 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.