Henson, Colorado
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Lake City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81235. It stands on Ute Creek. The Survey maps it on the Uncompahgre Peak quadrangle. It stands 9,235 feet above sea level.
On record in Henson
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.
Ute-Ulay Mine and Milllisted 2017 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 23 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.
- 1903 USGS Lake City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1905 USGS Lake City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1908 USGS Uncompahgre quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1911 USGS Uncompahgre quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Uncompahgre Peak quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1964 USGS Uncompahgre Peak quadrangle1:24000
- 1968 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Henson between 1994 and 2018, burning about 3 acres in total. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | CRYSTAL LAKE |
| 16 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | NELLY CREEK |
| 10 August 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | NELLY CREEK |
| 4 July 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | LAKE CITY |
| 24 July 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | HENSON CREEK |
| 17 July 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | HENSON |
| 13 July 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | HENSON |
| 28 June 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | CRYSTAL LAKE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 61 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 61 workings within 5 miles of Henson: 27 past producers, 25 unknowns, 7 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Antimony. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajax #2 | Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silica | Unknown | ||
| Belle of the West | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Capitol City | Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Czar | Lead, Copper, Gold, Quartz, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Eckman Manganese Deposit | Manganese, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Fanny Fern Mine | Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper | Unknown | ||
| Galena | Lead, Silver, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Galena District-Colorado | Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Uranium, Bismuth, Manganese, Arsenic, Antimony, Tellurium | Past Producer | 1871, 1874, 1977 | |
| Gladiator Mine | Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Manganese, Antimony | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Gold Quartz Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Antimony, Zinc, Tellurium | Past Producer | 1951 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake City | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| Capitol City (historical) | 4.8 miles | 23 | |
| Cathedral | 18.9 miles | 20 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Henson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5731405 | The 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 188690. 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.










