BlockGaskil, Colorado
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Granby census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80447. It lies near Bowen Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Grand Lake quadrangle.
On record in Gaskil
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.
Little Buckaroo Ranch Barnlisted 2009 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 29 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.
- 1915 USGS Longs Peak quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1915 USGS Rocky Mountain National Park quadrangle1:125000
- 1919 USGS Rocky Mountain National Park quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1954 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Grand Lake quadrangle1:24000, 8 printings
- 1958 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Estes Park quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
34 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Gaskil between 1993 and 2020, burning about 697 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 1 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 | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Rocky Mountain National Park | ONAHU |
| 15 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | KAWUNEECHE |
| 15 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | SOUTH SUPPLY |
| 31 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Rocky Mountain National Park | ONAHU CREEK |
| 27 August 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Rocky Mountain National Park | BACKFIRE |
| 18 August 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | MID SUPPLY CREEK |
| 15 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | not named |
| 14 August 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Rocky Mountain National Park | BEAVER CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Gaskil: 1 occurrence, 1 unknown, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Gold, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Wolverine Mine | Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Gold | Producer | Vein | |
| Wolverine Mine | Tungsten | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Lake | 5.8 miles | 29 | |
| Granby | 17.4 miles | 25 | |
| Elkdale | 20.1 miles | 25 | |
| Hot Sulphur Springs | 21.9 miles | 18 | |
| Tabernash | 23.3 miles | 26 | |
| Parshall | 25.1 miles | 18 | |
| Fraser | 26.7 miles | 26 | |
| Maryvale | 27.7 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.
| Wikidata item Q122561979 | 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 177774. 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.