Cleora, Colorado
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Salida census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81201. It lies near Loggie Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Salida East quadrangle.
On record in Cleora
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.
Salida Livestock Commission Companylisted 2015 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1954 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Cameron Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Pikes Peak quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Salida East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1989 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Salida East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
94 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Cleora between 1994 and 2020, burning about 17 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 2 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 | 54 |
| Natural | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Royal Gorge Field Office | DEAD HORSE |
| 22 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Salida Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 2 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | N/A |
| 2 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Arkansas Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 31 August 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Arkansas Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 29 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | LONG FELLOW |
| 26 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Arkansas Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 26 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Arkansas Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 65 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 65 workings within 5 miles of Cleora: 33 past producers, 21 occurrences, 7 producers, 2 unknowns. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Granite, Gold, Tungsten, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleora District | Copper, Tungsten, Gold | Past Producer | 1870 | |
| Grand View Mine | Copper, Tungsten, Gold | Past Producer | 1890, 1905 | |
| Marvel | Mica | Occurrence | Mica | |
| Polly No 4 | Silver, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| R D H Mill | Lead, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Rogers Wellsville | Limestone, General | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| True Blue 1, Oliver 1 Claims | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Marble, Dimension | Occurrence | Metamorphic | |
| Wellsville Warm Spring | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Black Beauty Deposit | Manganese, Iron | Occurrence | Limonite, Pyrolusite, Rhodonite, Siderite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salida | 2.1 miles | 17 | |
| Smeltertown | 3.3 miles | 19 | |
| Belleview | 5.2 miles | 19 | |
| Poncha Springs | 5.7 miles | 19 | |
| Browns Canon | 8.3 miles | 19 | |
| Turret | 8.8 miles | 15 | |
| Shirley (historical) | 10.4 miles | 19 | |
| Maysville | 11.8 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 191490. 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.









