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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.

Cold Spring within Custer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

35 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2018Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National Forest336
8 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePike and San Isabel National Forestnot named
5 September 2000Naturalunder an acreRoyal Gorge Field OfficeJEAN BROWN
1 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWet Mountain Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
25 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWet Mountain Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
25 August 1997Naturalunder an acreRoyal Gorge Field OfficeBEAR PEAK
18 August 2020Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestSTULL MOUNTAIN
15 August 1996Naturalunder an acreRoyal Gorge Field OfficeMCKENZIE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Custer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 49 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Big Stake Nickel DepositGold, Nickel, Silver, CobaltProspect1932
Blue Bird ClaimThorium, Barium-BariteProspect1952
Floyd Watters RanchUranium, Vanadium, Radium, Thorium, REE, LeadPast Producer1951, 1953
Franklin MineThorium, REE, Lead, CopperPast ProducerBornite, Galena, Thorite
G.W. and Antrim ClaimsThorium, Lead, Niobium (Columbium), Gold, Silver, UraniumPast Producer1954
Half Moon MineSilver, Lead, GoldPast Producer1934
Haputa RanchGold, Thorium, REE, Barium-Barite, LeadProspect1950
Hoza RanchZincPast ProducerSphalerite
Mountain Boy MineSilver, Zinc, LeadPast Producer1882
Mystery LodeThorium, Lead, Copper, Barium-Barite, Zinc, Manganese, GoldOccurrence1950

Every working recorded in Custer 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
McKenzie Junction2.9 miles24
Querida5.1 miles26
Rosita6.1 miles24
Greenwood8.6 miles23
Fairview9.5 miles23
Wetmore10.4 miles23
Silver Cliff10.9 miles23
Westcliffe11.9 miles23

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.