Crystal, Colorado
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Somerset census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81623. It lies in Crystal Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Snowmass Mountain quadrangle. It stands 8,950 feet above sea level.
On record in Crystal
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 1 record
Crystal Milllisted 1985
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1957 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Snowmass Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1960 USGS Snowmass Mtn quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Carbondale quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Crystal between 1992 and 2012, burning about 1 acre in total. 4 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | PTX ASSIST 1 |
| 26 August 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | White River National Forest | HUNTER |
| 30 July 2006 | Natural | under an acre | White River National Forest | MARBLE |
| 27 July 2003 | Natural | under an acre | White River National Forest | YULE CREEK |
| 24 July 1992 | Natural | under an acre | White River National Forest | not named |
| 18 July 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | RUSTLER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 82 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 82 workings within 5 miles of Crystal: 26 occurrences, 23 producers, 22 past producers, 11 unknowns. 23 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Lead, Lead, Silver, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aspen-Riverside Group | Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Black Eagle | Copper, Zinc, Lead, Silver | Producer | Silver | |
| Black Queen Shaft | Silver, Gold, Zinc | Past Producer | 1889, 1893 | |
| Bonton | Molybdenum, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Brooklyn | Gold, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Catalpa Mine | Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Catapala | Copper, Zinc, Lead | Producer | Copper, Lead | |
| Copper King Mine | Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Crystal Tunnel | Lead, Copper, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Don #2 | Lead, Copper, Gold, Zinc | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marble | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Elkton | 7.5 miles | 27 | |
| Pittsburg | 7.7 miles | 27 | |
| Gothic | 9.1 miles | 26 | |
| Mount Crested Butte | 12.5 miles | 26 | |
| Irwin | 12.8 miles | 26 | |
| Ruby | 13.3 miles | 26 | |
| Crested Butte | 14.4 miles | 23 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Crystal | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5191099 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 175564. 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.







