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Fairview, Colorado

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Westcliffe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81253. It stands on Bigelow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Saint Charles Peak quadrangle.

Fairview within Custer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

52 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Fairview between 1992 and 2020, burning about 104 acres in total. 34 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
Natural34
Recreation and ceremony7
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
3 September 1995Natural5.0 acresRoyal Gorge Field OfficeS. HOLBERT
21 September 2019Natural2.0 acresFront Range District OfficeDAVENPORT
10 September 2005Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestWALK UP
8 August 2012Natural80 acresPike and San Isabel National ForestDITCH CREEK
29 August 2000Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestMASON GULCH
28 August 2002Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestDITCH CREEK
20 August 2020Naturalunder an acreBeulah Valley Volunteer Fire DepartmentN/A
20 August 2003Natural2.0 acresPike and San Isabel National ForestSCRAGGY PEAKS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Custer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Fairview: 5 past producers, 4 prospects, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Uranium, Iron, Lead, Gold, Silver. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gold Crown No. 2 ClaimThorium, Barium-Barite, UraniumProspect1935
Hardin Claim GroupUranium, Vanadium, ThoriumProspectVein
Ophir Creek ClaimsLead, Gold, SilverProspectCerargyrite, Gold
Unnamed MinesFluorine-Fluorite, FeldsparPast Producer
Unidentified MineIronOccurrence
Unidentified OccurrenceIronOccurrence
Buckeye - Holt MineSilverPast Producer
Mineral Claims No. 2SilverPast Producer
Unidentified OccurrenceSilverPast Producer
Unidentified OccurrenceSilverProspect

Every working recorded in Custer County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
San Isabel6.0 miles17
McKenzie Junction8.2 miles24
Cold Spring9.5 miles24
Greenwood9.5 miles23
Wetmore11.8 miles23
Rosita12.7 miles24
Querida13.1 miles26
Silver Cliff19.0 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 192371. 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.