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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.

Gladstone within San Juan 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.

Fires near this place

2 since 1994

Regional 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
Smoking1
Natural1

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
2 July 2013Natural1.0 acresGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsHALF MOON
28 June 1994Smokingunder an acreSan Juan National ForestMULESHOE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Juan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 468 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
AcapulcaBismuth, Lead, Silver, Zinc, GoldPast Producer
AdeliaLead, Copper, ZincPast Producer
Anglo-SaxonTungsten, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, SilverProspect
AspenLead, Silver, Copper, ZincProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
BenitoiteGold, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Black DiamondLead, Silver, CopperOccurrenceTetrahedrite
Bonanza KingSilver, Gold, CopperProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
BostonLead, Copper, Silver, Gold, ZincProducer
Brooklyn MineSilver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, CopperProducer
Brooklyn MineSilver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, GoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in San Juan 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
Chattanooga (historical)4.1 miles30
Eureka4.6 miles30
Middleton4.8 miles32
Howardsville4.8 miles32
Animas Forks (historical)5.0 miles30
Silverton5.5 miles30
Beartown (historical)13.9 miles26
Needleton17.4 miles25

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.