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Cottonwood, Colorado

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Saguache census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81131. The Survey maps it on the Crestone quadrangle.

Cottonwood within Saguache County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

135 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of Cottonwood between 1994 and 2020, burning about 190 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined123
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
6 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBaca Grande Volunteer Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
4 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBaca Grande Volunteer Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
25 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreRio Grande National ForestWILLOW CREEK 2
24 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBaca Grande Volunteer Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
17 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBaca Grande Volunteer Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
17 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBaca Grande Volunteer Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
13 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBaca Grande Volunteer Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
10 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBaca Grande Volunteer Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saguache County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Cottonwood: 16 past producers, 3 prospects, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Uranium. 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
Concordia ClaimCopper, Gold, SilverPast Producer1901
Crestone Mineral Co. ClaimsGold, Copper, Lead, SilverProspect1901
Deadman Creek ProspectGold, CopperPast ProducerVein
Eastern Star MineCopper, Silver, GoldPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
Golden Treasure TunnelSilver, Gold, Copper, LeadPast Producer1917, 1934, 1936
Independence MineGold, Copper, SilverPast Producer1937
King Midas ClaimsUranium, VanadiumPast Producer1966
Music District (includes Liberty and Baca Grant)Gold, Silver, Lead, ZincPast ProducerQuartz, Pyrite
UnknownGold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
UnknownGold, Copper, Silver, Zinc, LeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Saguache 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
Duncan4.4 miles12
Crestone5.2 miles15
Liberty5.7 miles12
Moffat14.8 miles10
Mirage (historical)16.5 miles12
Mineral Hot Springs22.0 miles13
Villa Grove27.0 miles13
Center27.6 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 192413. 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.