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Gilpin, Colorado

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Central City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80422. It stands on Colorado Creek. The Survey maps it on the Nederland quadrangle.

Gilpin within Gilpin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 29 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

189 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 189 fires within 5 miles of Gilpin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 18 acres in total. 15 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/undetermined116
Recreation and ceremony41
Natural15
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Arson/incendiarism3
Fireworks2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Debris and open burning1

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
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNederland Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
8 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandSITE 11 FIRE
8 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNederland Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
8 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNederland Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
7 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland925A
7 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland355C
7 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandPICKLE
5 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland512

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gilpin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 184 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 184 workings within 5 miles of Gilpin: 110 past producers, 46 occurrences, 22 producers, 3 unknowns. 23 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, 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
Belfast & ShamrockLead, Zinc, Cadmium, Copper, GoldPast Producer1863
Big MoonGold, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Blue Vein, Winnebago, Campania, DeadwoodGold, TungstenOccurrenceGold
Chihuahua Tungsten MineTungsten, Lead, Silver, GoldPast Producer
Dory HillIron, Niobium (Columbium), Mica, Quartz, FeldsparOccurrenceColumbite, Feldspar, Magnetite, Mica, Quartz
Dory HillNiobium (Columbium)Past Producer
Ellis LodeGold, Garnet, Copper, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Evergreen, Gold Standard, Nancy LeeCopper, Gold, SilverProducerCopper, Gold, Silver
FairheavenEmery, SilverPast Producer
IngramCopper, Gold, Silver, LeadProducerVein

Every working recorded in Gilpin 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
Perigo (historical)1.5 miles29
Rollinsville1.9 miles29
Wideawake (historical)2.9 miles27
Pactolus3.0 miles25
Phoenix (historical)3.0 miles29
Lincoln Hills3.4 miles25
Baltimore (historical)3.6 miles29
Apex (historical)3.7 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 181042. 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.