Gillett, Colorado

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Cripple Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80813. It stands on West Fork West Beaver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pikes Peak quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Gillett within Teller County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 28 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.

1894 USGS Pikes Peak quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1901 USGS Pikes Peak quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
1901 USGS Pikes Peak quadrangle1:62500
1951 USGS Pikes Peak 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
1994 USGS Pikes Peak quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

64 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Gillett (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 110 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 3 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	34
Natural	8
Railroad operations and maintenance	7
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Arson/incendiarism	3
Debris and open burning	2
Smoking	2
Fireworks	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
8 September 1992	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Teller County	not named
28 September 1993	Smoking	4.0 acres	Royal Gorge Field Office	OIL CREEK
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
24 August 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Cripple Creek Fire & Emergency Services	UNKNOWN
16 August 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Cripple Creek Fire & Emergency Services	UNKNOWN
14 August 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters	not named
8 July 2017	Natural	under an acre	Cripple Creek Fire & Emergency Services	UNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Teller County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 495 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 495 workings within 5 miles of Gillett (historical): 471 past producers, 14 producers, 8 occurrences, 2 plants. 16 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
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
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
Genevieve	Uranium	Occurrence
Molly Kathleen	Gold, Silver	Past Producer	Underground
Phonolite Mtn.	Uranium	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Teller 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Stratton	2.8 miles	26
Midway	3.1 miles	26
Altman (historical)	3.2 miles	26
Fairview	3.2 miles	26
Independence (historical)	3.5 miles	26
Cripple Creek	3.8 miles	26
Anaconda (historical)	4.1 miles	26
Elkton	4.4 miles	26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 203906. 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.