BlockHoly Cross City, Colorado
32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Minturn-Red Cliff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81645. It lies near Whitney Peak. The Survey maps it on the Mount of the Holy Cross quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 32 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.
- 1889 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1942 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:125000
- 1949 USGS Holy Cross quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1951 USGS Holy Cross quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Mount Of The Holy Cross quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1983 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Holy Cross City (historical) between 1993 and 2016, burning about 2 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | White River National Forest | SECTION 27 |
| 29 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | White River National Forest | FANCY LAKE |
| 21 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | White River National Forest | ELK WALLOW |
| 8 August 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | White River National Forest | ROADHOUSE |
| 8 August 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | White River National Forest | HOMESTAKE 27 |
| 31 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | White River National Forest | FALL CREEK |
| 27 August 1996 | Smoking | under an acre | White River National Forest | FANCY PASS |
| 16 August 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | White River National Forest | LEANING PINE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Holy Cross City (historical): 8 past producers, 4 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Manganese, Molybdenum, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carter&Morman Tunnels | Lead, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Glengarry Mine | Lead, Copper, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Morning | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Newman Mine | Lead, Gold, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Treasure Vault | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Gold, Silver, Lead | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Unknown | Zinc, Lead, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Cross City | Molybdenum | Occurrence | Molybdenite | |
| Popovich | Molybdenum | Occurrence | Molybdenite | |
| Unknown | Manganese | Past Producer |
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 179537. 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.