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Grand Island, Colorado

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Bald Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80466. It lies near Klondike Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Nederland quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Grand Island within Boulder County

On record in Grand Island

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 29 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

74 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Grand Island (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined36
Recreation and ceremony22
Natural8
Arson/incendiarism4
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
9 September 2017Naturalunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandJASPER LAKE
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNederland Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
8 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandEAST PORTAL
5 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNederland Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
5 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland512
28 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandLOST LAKE
25 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandCOON TRACK CREEK
23 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNederland Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boulder County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 185 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 185 workings within 5 miles of Grand Island (historical): 95 past producers, 68 occurrences, 17 producers, 4 unknowns. 18 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten, Silver, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
AnchorGold, Copper, Lead, SilverPast Producer
BelcherSilver, Gold, Lead, CopperPast ProducerGalena, Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
Blue Bird MineCopper, Gold, Zinc, Lead, SilverPast ProducerUnderground
Boulder Co. MineSilver, Gold, Tungsten, LeadOccurrenceVein
Boulder County TunnelCopper, Gold, Lead, ZincOccurrence1870
Caribou Hill iron depositIron, Titanium, VanadiumOccurrenceIlmenite, Magnetite, Titaniferous Magnetitite
Caribou MineGold, Lead, Silver, Uranium, Copper, Zinc, VanadiumPast Producer1869
Caribou Mine (based on DMEA uranium report)Zinc, Gold, Lead, Silver, UraniumPast Producer1869
ChampionGold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, CopperPast ProducerPyrite, Chalcopyrite
Champion, Lone StarGold, Silver, CopperOccurrenceVein

Every working recorded in Boulder 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
Hessie (historical)1.1 miles29
Caribou (historical)1.5 miles29
Eldora2.6 miles29
Cardinal (historical)2.9 miles29
Nederland4.9 miles29
Caribou City5.0 miles29
Whispering Pine6.2 miles25
Bonanza Mountain Estates6.5 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 181084. 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.