Ironton, Colorado
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Ouray census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81427. It lies near Corkscrew Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Ironton quadrangle. It stands 9,800 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 28 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.
- 1897 USGS Silverton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Silverton quadrangle1:62500
- 1902 USGS Silverton quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1945 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Silverton quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Silverton quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Ironton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3 acres in total. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2004 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | ANGEL |
| 8 August 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | ANGEL |
| 20 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | SILVER GULCH |
| 11 August 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | not named |
| 28 July 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | HENDRICK GULCH |
| 21 July 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | LEWIS CREEK |
| 2 July 2013 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | HALF MOON |
| 19 July 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | ANGEL CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 463 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 463 workings within 5 miles of Ironton: 305 past producers, 57 unknowns, 52 occurrences, 44 producers. 45 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acapulca | Bismuth, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Andrus Mine | Gold, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Anglo-Saxon | Tungsten, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Barnes Tun | Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Benitoite | Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Bill Young Group | Silver, Zinc, Gold, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Black Diamond | Lead, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | Tetrahedrite | |
| Bonanza King | Silver, Gold, Copper | Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Camp Bird Mine | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | 1896, 1900 | |
| Carbon Lake | Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guston (historical) | 1.2 miles | 28 | |
| Camp Bird | 3.7 miles | 28 | |
| Thistledown | 4.3 miles | 28 | |
| Sneffels (historical) | 4.7 miles | 28 | |
| Ouray | 6.2 miles | 26 | |
| Portland | 10.3 miles | 26 | |
| Ridgway | 15.8 miles | 16 | |
| Dallas | 17.6 miles | 21 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Ironton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6073275 | 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 187227. 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.











