Eureka, Colorado
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Silverton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81433. It stands on South Fork Animas River. The Survey maps it on the Handies Peak quadrangle. It stands 9,862 feet above sea level.
On record in Eureka
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Martin Mining Complexlisted 2004 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 30 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.
- 1897 USGS Silverton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Silverton quadrangle1:62500
- 1902 USGS Silverton quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1945 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Handies Peak quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1955 USGS Silverton quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Silverton quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Eureka between 1994 and 2008, burning under an acre in total. 1 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 July 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 29 July 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | MIDDLETON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 275 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 275 workings within 5 miles of Eureka: 117 past producers, 57 occurrences, 51 producers, 46 unknowns. 52 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Zinc, Lead, Tungsten. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acapulca | Bismuth, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Benitoite | Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Black Diamond | Lead, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | Tetrahedrite | |
| Black Hawk Mine | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Bon Homme Tunnel | Copper, Silver, Lead, Bismuth, Zinc | Past Producer | 1885, 1974 | |
| Buffalo Boy | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Burrows - Little Iola | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead | Producer | Vein | |
| Dewitt | Zinc, Silver, Copper, Lead | Producer | ||
| Endless Chain | Limestone, Dimension, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Eureka District-Colorado | Lead, Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc | Producer | HYDROTHERMAL VEIN |
Storms near this place
2 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eureka in 2 storm reports in 2021: 2 debris flow. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | Debris Flow | Eureka | $10,000 | Numerous mudslides occurred in remote areas of San Juan County, most notably at Stony Pass near Pole Creek. Backcountry roads were closed due to cleanup operations. |
| July 2021 | Debris Flow | Eureka | - | A significant debris flow of mud, rocks and branches occurred on Cinnamon Pass in the San Juan Mountains. The exact time of the slide is unknown. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middleton | 1.7 miles | 32 | |
| Howardsville | 3.4 miles | 32 | |
| Animas Forks (historical) | 3.6 miles | 30 | |
| Gladstone (historical) | 4.6 miles | 28 | |
| Silverton | 7.0 miles | 30 | |
| Chattanooga (historical) | 8.5 miles | 30 | |
| Beartown (historical) | 11.3 miles | 26 | |
| Needleton | 17.8 miles | 25 |
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 Eureka | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q12198672 | 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 187402. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.











