Crystola, Colorado
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1994. It lies in ZIP code area 80863. It stands on Crystola Creek. The Survey maps it on the Woodland Park quadrangle. It stands 7,979 feet above sea level.
On record in Crystola
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
Crystola Bridgelisted 2023
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 25 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.
- 1894 USGS Pikes Peak quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Pikes Peak quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1901 USGS Pikes Peak quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Woodland Park quadrangle1:24000, 6 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
- 1989 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Woodland Park quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
259 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 259 fires within 5 miles of Crystola between 1992 and 2020, burning about 123 acres in total. 45 started naturally. 16 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 | 114 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 60 |
| Natural | 45 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Teller County | not named |
| 6 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | EAGLE LAKE |
| 6 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | CAMP #1 |
| 3 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | MISTLETOE |
| 29 September 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | LOY CREEK |
| 28 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | 950 |
| 27 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Falcon Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Crystola: 7 producers, 7 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 unknowns. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Quartz, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avengers | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Green Mountain Falls District | Iron, Manganese, Gold, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1904, 1958 | |
| Holly #1 | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Iron King Mine | Lead, Gold, Zinc, Manganese | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Round Top | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Round Top, Peacock, Rp Lodes | Silver, Copper, Gold, Radium | Occurrence | Pitchblende | |
| Unknown | Vermiculite | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite, Zirconium | Producer | Fluorite | |
| Unnamed Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite, Zirconium | Past Producer | ||
| Navajo | Quartz | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Mountain Falls | 1.5 miles | 25 | |
| Woodland Park | 3.1 miles | 25 | |
| Divide | 7.0 miles | 25 | |
| Midland | 9.8 miles | 28 | |
| Seven Lakes (historical) | 12.1 miles | 28 | |
| Gillett (historical) | 13.0 miles | 28 | |
| Florissant | 13.9 miles | 30 | |
| Rosemont | 15.2 miles | 32 |
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 Crystola | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5191456 | 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 191202. 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.











