Elkton, Colorado
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Cripple Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80813. It lies near Evening Star Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Cripple Creek South quadrangle.
On record in Elkton
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 within a mile 3 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Midland Terminal Railroad Depotlisted 1984 · 0.8 miles away
Victor Downtown Historic Districtlisted 1985 · 0.9 miles away
Victor Hotellisted 1980 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 26 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
- 1951 USGS Cripple Creek South quadrangle1:24000, 9 printings
- 1954 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000, 3 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
Fires near this place
58 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Elkton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 267 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 5 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 | 24 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Teller County | not named |
| 4 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Royal Gorge Field Office | PISGAH |
| 23 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Cripple Creek Fire & Emergency Services | UNKNOWN |
| 23 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Cripple Creek Fire & Emergency Services | UNKNOWN |
| 12 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | VICTOR |
| 4 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Royal Gorge Field Office | PONY GULCH |
| 24 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Cripple Creek Fire & Emergency Services | UNKNOWN |
| 17 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Front Range District Office | SPRING CANYON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 512 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 512 workings within 5 miles of Elkton: 487 past producers, 16 producers, 6 occurrences, 2 plants. 18 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C.K. & N. Lode, El Paso, Moon Anchor | Gold, Silver, Tellurium | Producer | Vein | |
| Caledonia | Feldspar | Past Producer | Underground | |
| Cripple Creek District | Gold, Semiprecious Gemstone, Antimony, Silver, Mercury, Tellurium | Producer | Calaverite, Gold, Sylvanite, Turquoise, Krennerite | |
| Florence Lode Claim | Gemstone | Producer | Turquoise | |
| Gedney Titanium | Titanium | Past Producer | ||
| Hull City | Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Portland No 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Ajax Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | ||
| Flourine Mining Claim Ms#9800 | Gold, Fluorine-Fluorite | Producer | ||
| Molly Kathleen | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Underground |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beacon Hill | 0.8 miles | 26 | |
| Anaconda (historical) | 0.9 miles | 26 | |
| Independence (historical) | 1.0 miles | 26 | |
| Victor | 1.0 miles | 26 | |
| Hollywood | 1.3 miles | 26 | |
| Midway | 1.3 miles | 26 | |
| Altman (historical) | 1.3 miles | 26 | |
| Goldfield | 1.3 miles | 26 |
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 Elkton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q24885383 | 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 191275. 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.









