BlockIndian Meadows, Colorado
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Livermore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80512. It lies near Dadd Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Rustic quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1916 USGS Home quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1920 USGS Home quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Rustic quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Fort Collins quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
112 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Indian Meadows between 1992 and 2020, burning about 690 acres in total. 53 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 53 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | LAKEFIELD 2 |
| 8 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | PINGREE HILL |
| 8 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | PARROTT |
| 6 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | CAYMEN |
| 26 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | LARIMER (COUNTY) |
| 22 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Larimer County | UNKNOWN |
| 22 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | THREE WAY |
| 22 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | PINEGREE HILL FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 25 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Indian Meadows: 13 occurrences, 10 past producers, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Uranium, Gold, Gold, Silver, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berghof Lode | Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Big Mica Beryl Prospect | Mica, Silver, Lead, Gold, Nickel Laterite | Occurrence | 1966 | |
| Cash Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Chaney-Sims Beryl Mine | Feldspar, Beryllium, Mica | Producer | ||
| Chaney-Sims Beryl Prospects | Beryllium, Mica, Feldspar | Occurrence | 1935 | |
| Manhattan District | Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Uranium | Past Producer | 1941 | |
| Mayesville District | Uranium, Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Beryllium, Mica, Feldspar, Bismuth, REE | Past Producer | Beryl, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Muscovite, Pyrite, Uranophane | |
| Soda Springs Group | Uranium, Lead, Bismuth, REE, Silver | Past Producer | Galena, Uranophane | |
| Sodom | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Copper, Gold, Nickel Laterite, Silver | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rustic | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Glen Echo | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| Goodell Corner | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Manhattan (historical) | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Eggers | 3.5 miles | 21 | |
| Idylwilde | 5.4 miles | 20 | |
| Red Feather Lakes | 7.3 miles | 17 | |
| Stove Prairie Landing | 8.7 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 177127. 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.