Gladstone, Colorado
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Silverton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81433. It stands on Minnehaha Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ironton quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 28 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.
- 1897 USGS Silverton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Silverton quadrangle1:62500
- 1902 USGS Silverton quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1945 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Silverton quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Silverton quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Gladstone (historical) between 1994 and 2013, burning about 1 acre in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 July 2013 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | HALF MOON |
| 28 June 1994 | Smoking | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | MULESHOE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 468 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 468 workings within 5 miles of Gladstone (historical): 253 past producers, 88 unknowns, 69 occurrences, 52 producers. 54 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acapulca | Bismuth, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Adelia | Lead, Copper, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Anglo-Saxon | Tungsten, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Aspen | Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc | Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Benitoite | Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Black Diamond | Lead, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | Tetrahedrite | |
| Bonanza King | Silver, Gold, Copper | Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Boston | Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc | Producer | ||
| Brooklyn Mine | Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper | Producer | ||
| Brooklyn Mine | Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Gold | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chattanooga (historical) | 4.1 miles | 30 | |
| Eureka | 4.6 miles | 30 | |
| Middleton | 4.8 miles | 32 | |
| Howardsville | 4.8 miles | 32 | |
| Animas Forks (historical) | 5.0 miles | 30 | |
| Silverton | 5.5 miles | 30 | |
| Beartown (historical) | 13.9 miles | 26 | |
| Needleton | 17.4 miles | 25 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 187328. 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.











