Elkton, Colorado
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Crested Butte census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81225. It lies near Anthracite Mesa. The Survey maps it on the Oh-be-joyful quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 27 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.
- 1888 USGS Anthracite quadrangle1:62500
- 1889 USGS Anthracite quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Anthracite quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1894 USGS Anthracite quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Oh-Be-Joyful quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1968 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Paonia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2001 USGS Oh-Be-Joyful quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
11 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Elkton between 1992 and 2018, burning about 2 acres in total. 7 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 | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | WASHINGTON |
| 30 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | GOTHIC |
| 29 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | GOTHIC |
| 29 August 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | SLATE |
| 24 July 1992 | Natural | under an acre | White River National Forest | not named |
| 19 July 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | OH-BE-JOYFUL |
| 18 July 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | WASHINGTON GULCH |
| 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 64 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 64 workings within 5 miles of Elkton: 23 occurrences, 20 unknowns, 11 past producers, 10 producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aburdix | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | Gold, Lead, Silver | |
| Augusta Mine | Gold, Zinc, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Crested Butte Mining & Milling Co. Grp. | Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead | Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Ella, Ella C, Crown, Justice | Lead, Copper, Zinc, Silver | Occurrence | Copper | |
| Eureka | Copper, Lead, Gold, Silver | Producer | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gunnison County Mines Rpr | Gold, Zinc, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Horace Porter Mine | Cobalt, Nickel | Past Producer | ||
| Iron King | Barium-Barite, Zinc, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Jenny, Jimmy, Mamie, Anna Claims | Zinc, Lead, Copper | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburg | 1.7 miles | 27 | |
| Gothic | 2.3 miles | 26 | |
| Mount Crested Butte | 5.1 miles | 26 | |
| Crested Butte | 6.9 miles | 23 | |
| Irwin | 7.1 miles | 26 | |
| Ruby | 7.5 miles | 26 | |
| Crystal | 7.5 miles | 17 | |
| Floresta | 9.6 miles | 26 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 186476. 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.










