Gilson Gulch, Colorado

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Idaho Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80452. It lies in Gilson Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Central City quadrangle.

Gilson Gulch within Clear Creek County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 27 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.

1905 USGS Central City quadrangle1:62500
1910 USGS Central City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1912 USGS Central City quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1942 USGS Central City quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1944 USGS Central City quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
1953 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
1957 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Central City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1983 USGS Denver West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

71 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Gilson Gulch between 1993 and 2020, burning about 234 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 2 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	29
Recreation and ceremony	12
Natural	12
Smoking	6
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Arson/incendiarism	2
Fireworks	1
Debris and open burning	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 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Central City Fire Department	N/A
4 September 1993	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland	not named
17 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Clear Creek County Office	FREIGHT STATION
9 August 2009	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland	BALD MOUNTAIN
7 August 1996	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland	DEVIL
31 August 2020	Smoking	under an acre	Black Hawk Fire Department	N/A
30 August 2018	Smoking	under an acre	Black Hawk Fire Department	UNKNOWN
23 August 1994	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland	TEN DAY JACK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clear Creek County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 986 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 986 workings within 5 miles of Gilson Gulch: 835 past producers, 64 producers, 64 occurrences, 20 unknowns. 65 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
394357	Silver, Uranium, Vanadium	Past Producer
Ajax	Mica, Feldspar, Quartz	Producer	Feldspar, Mica, Quartz
Ajax Mica Mine	Mica, Feldspar, Quartz	Past Producer
Alma-Lincoln Mine	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Uranium	Past Producer	Chalcopyrite, Enargite, Galena, Polybasite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tennantite, Gold, Cerussite, Chalcocite, Covellite
Anchor	Molybdenum, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc	Occurrence	Molybdenite, Pyrite, Fluorite
Baltimore-#7391	Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver	Past Producer	1867
Barita-Hill Mine	Zinc, Silver, Lead	Producer	Galena, Silver
Black Bear Mine	Lead, Silver, Gold	Occurrence
Blackhawk District	Tungsten, Gold, Silver, Copper	Producer	COPPER - SILVER - GOLD VEINS, DISSEMINATED
Bonanza	Gold, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Uranium	Unknown	Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite, Galena, Pitchblende

Every working recorded in Clear Creek 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
Argo Mill	1.3 miles	28
Idaho Springs	1.4 miles	28
Black Eagle Mill	3.2 miles	28
Blue Valley	4.4 miles	18
Freeland	4.8 miles	28
Dumont	4.9 miles	27
Downieville	5.6 miles	27
Lamartine	6.2 miles	28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 181461. 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.