Insmont, Colorado
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Fairplay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80421. It stands on Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bailey quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 29 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.
- 1893 USGS Platte Canyon quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1945 USGS Bailey quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1949 USGS Bailey quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Bailey quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Bailey quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Bailey quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
131 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Insmont between 1992 and 2020, burning about 13,435 acres in total. 25 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 89 |
| Natural | 25 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | 64 |
| 8 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Platte Canyon Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 3 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | DENNY'S FIRST IN 98 |
| 29 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 27 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Platte Canyon Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 27 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Platte Canyon Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 26 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Platte Canyon Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Insmont: 6 past producers, 3 producers, 3 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Feldspar, Nickel, Uranium, Gemstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aspen Lode Pegmatite | Feldspar, Mica, Quartz | Past Producer | ||
| Aspen Lode Pegmatites | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | Fluorite, Mica, Quartz, Topaz | |
| Lone & Lonesome Lodes | Mica, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gemstone | Producer | Biotite, Fluorite, Topaz | |
| Mcguire Mine | Feldspar, Gemstone, Titanium, Metal, REE | Past Producer | ||
| Redskin Mines | Molybdenum, Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | 1955 | |
| Ruble Claims | Beryllium, Copper, Feldspar, Nickel | Past Producer | ||
| Redskin Claims | Uranium | Occurrence | Torbernite | |
| Redskin Mines | Uranium | Past Producer | 1963 | |
| Lone & Lonesome Lodes Pegmatite | Feldspar | Producer | ||
| Osirio Mine | Nickel | Occurrence | Replacement |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Estabrook | 1.4 miles | 29 | |
| Bailey | 1.4 miles | 29 | |
| Glenisle | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Will-O-The-Wisp | 5.3 miles | 29 | |
| Silver Springs | 5.5 miles | 29 | |
| Shawnee | 5.7 miles | 18 | |
| Highland Park | 8.4 miles | 18 | |
| Harris Park | 8.5 miles | 19 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122541150 | 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 183271. 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.









