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Horseshoe, Colorado

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Fairplay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80440. It lies near Little Sacramento Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Fairplay West quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Horseshoe within Park County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

46 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Horseshoe (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 247 acres in total. 8 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersFAIRPLAY
30 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
3 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
3 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
28 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
21 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
17 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
15 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNorthwest Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Park County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 58 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 58 workings within 5 miles of Horseshoe (historical): 45 past producers, 9 occurrences, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Uranium, Lead, Zinc. 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
Gold FernZinc, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Hill Top MineLead, Silver, Gold, Copper, ZincProducerArgentite, Cerargyrite, Freibergite
HilltopSilver, Copper, Lead, ZincPast Producer1869
Hilltop MineLead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, GoldPast ProducerReplacement
Hock HockingZinc, Lead, Gold, Silver, CopperPast Producer1879
MudsillSilver, Gold, LeadPast Producer1880
Rhodes Warm SpringsGeothermalUnknown
SacrementoGold, Lead, SilverPast Producer1878
UnknownUranium, Gold, Lead, SilverPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Leavick (historical)2.8 miles24
Fairplay4.6 miles23
Alma Junction4.9 miles33
Park City (historical)5.2 miles33
Alma5.6 miles33
Dudley (historical)6.5 miles33
Quartzville (historical)9.7 miles33
Garo12.3 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 180239. 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.