Cold Spring, Colorado
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Westcliffe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81252. It stands on Junkins Park Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hardscrabble Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 24 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
- 1962 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Hardscrabble Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Canon City quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Hardscrabble Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
35 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Cold Spring between 1992 and 2020, burning about 18,930 acres in total. 21 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 | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | 336 |
| 8 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | not named |
| 5 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Royal Gorge Field Office | JEAN BROWN |
| 1 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wet Mountain Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 25 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wet Mountain Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 25 August 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Royal Gorge Field Office | BEAR PEAK |
| 18 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | STULL MOUNTAIN |
| 15 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Royal Gorge Field Office | MCKENZIE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 49 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 49 workings within 5 miles of Cold Spring: 24 past producers, 21 prospects, 3 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Thorium, Silver, Lead, Thorium, REE. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Stake Nickel Deposit | Gold, Nickel, Silver, Cobalt | Prospect | 1932 | |
| Blue Bird Claim | Thorium, Barium-Barite | Prospect | 1952 | |
| Floyd Watters Ranch | Uranium, Vanadium, Radium, Thorium, REE, Lead | Past Producer | 1951, 1953 | |
| Franklin Mine | Thorium, REE, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | Bornite, Galena, Thorite | |
| G.W. and Antrim Claims | Thorium, Lead, Niobium (Columbium), Gold, Silver, Uranium | Past Producer | 1954 | |
| Half Moon Mine | Silver, Lead, Gold | Past Producer | 1934 | |
| Haputa Ranch | Gold, Thorium, REE, Barium-Barite, Lead | Prospect | 1950 | |
| Hoza Ranch | Zinc | Past Producer | Sphalerite | |
| Mountain Boy Mine | Silver, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | 1882 | |
| Mystery Lode | Thorium, Lead, Copper, Barium-Barite, Zinc, Manganese, Gold | Occurrence | 1950 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McKenzie Junction | 2.9 miles | 24 | |
| Querida | 5.1 miles | 26 | |
| Rosita | 6.1 miles | 24 | |
| Greenwood | 8.6 miles | 23 | |
| Fairview | 9.5 miles | 23 | |
| Wetmore | 10.4 miles | 23 | |
| Silver Cliff | 10.9 miles | 23 | |
| Westcliffe | 11.9 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 192213. 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.











