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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.

Insmont within Park County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 29 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

131 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined89
Natural25
Smoking7
Recreation and ceremony5
Firearms and explosives use2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePike and San Isabel National Forest64
8 September 2019Naturalunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlatte Canyon Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
3 September 1998Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestDENNY'S FIRST IN 98
29 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
27 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlatte Canyon Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
27 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlatte Canyon Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
26 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlatte Canyon 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 12 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Aspen Lode PegmatiteFeldspar, Mica, QuartzPast Producer
Aspen Lode PegmatitesFluorine-FluoriteOccurrenceFluorite, Mica, Quartz, Topaz
Lone & Lonesome LodesMica, Fluorine-Fluorite, GemstoneProducerBiotite, Fluorite, Topaz
Mcguire MineFeldspar, Gemstone, Titanium, Metal, REEPast Producer
Redskin MinesMolybdenum, Uranium, VanadiumPast Producer1955
Ruble ClaimsBeryllium, Copper, Feldspar, NickelPast Producer
Redskin ClaimsUraniumOccurrenceTorbernite
Redskin MinesUraniumPast Producer1963
Lone & Lonesome Lodes PegmatiteFeldsparProducer
Osirio MineNickelOccurrenceReplacement

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
Estabrook1.4 miles29
Bailey1.4 miles29
Glenisle3.2 miles18
Will-O-The-Wisp5.3 miles29
Silver Springs5.5 miles29
Shawnee5.7 miles18
Highland Park8.4 miles18
Harris Park8.5 miles19

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 Q122541150The 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.