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Glentivar, Colorado

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Lake George census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80827. It lies near Rishaberger Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Glentivar quadrangle.

Glentivar within Park County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 18 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

36 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Glentivar between 1992 and 2020, burning about 81 acres in total. 18 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
Natural18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Smoking3
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLake George Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
19 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreRio Grande National ForestSAN ISABEL
7 August 2009Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestPUMA
27 August 1997Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestFLOATER
26 August 2012Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestSTROLL MOUNTAIN
21 August 1995Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestDEJA VOOM
19 August 2009Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestTURNER
17 August 2000Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestRISHABEGER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Park County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Glentivar: 8 occurrences, 6 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Feldspar, Vermiculite. 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
Big Sheep HornTantalum, Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium)ProducerBeryl, Columbite, Tantalite
Blue-Green LodesREE, Garnet, Feldspar, Quartz, Mica, BerylliumProducerBeryl, Garnet
Christe-Ward-Lucky 13 #1,#2Feldspar, Garnet, Mica, RubidiumPast Producer
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Great Western MineLead, Gold, Silver, Zinc, CopperPast Producer
Katydid MineFeldspar, Mica, UraniumProducer1920
Pedro No. 1 and No. 2 ProspectTungstenOccurrenceVein
Sunny SouthGold, SilverPast Producer
Big Sheep Horn ClaimFeldspar, MicaPast Producer
Blue-Green Lodes #1,#2Feldspar, MicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Park 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
Pike-San Isabel Village6.2 miles15
Tarryall8.5 miles24
Hartsel10.3 miles15
Balfour11.6 miles14
Platte Springs13.1 miles30
Lake George13.9 miles30
Garo15.7 miles15
Bordenville16.3 miles19

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122562980The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 196735. 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.