BlockGolconda, Colorado
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Mancos census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81328. It stands on Deer Lick Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rampart Hills quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 17 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.
- 1895 USGS La Plata quadrangle1:62500
- 1897 USGS La Plata quadrangle1:62500
- 1899 USGS La Plata quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS La Plata quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rampart Hills quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
34 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Golconda between 1994 and 2020, burning about 4,601 acres in total. 16 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 1995 | Natural | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | A-FIRST |
| 3 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | GOLD RUN |
| 15 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | OMEGA |
| 1 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | LOST |
| 29 August 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | CF 1033 |
| 21 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | SNAGGLE PUSS |
| 2 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | HORSE |
| 2 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | FISH CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 55 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 55 workings within 5 miles of Golconda: 38 past producers, 9 prospects, 8 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allard Stock | Copper, Gold, Silver, PGE, Lead | Occurrence | Galena, Pyrite | |
| Boren Gulch Group | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1920 | |
| Euclid Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead, Tellurium, Zinc, Antimony, Arsenic | Occurrence | 1912 | |
| Florence W. Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Antimony | Past Producer | 1914, 1958 | |
| Gold Dollar | Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Semanda Mining Property | Uranium, Vanadium | Prospect | 1954 | |
| Shorty - Pinky Claims | Uranium, Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Shorty Lode | Vanadium, Uranium, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Texarado Oil, Uranium Co. | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Thunder Mine | Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 178886. 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.