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Irwin, Colorado

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Somerset census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81434. The Survey maps it on the Mount Axtell quadrangle.

Irwin within Gunnison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 26 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

15 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Irwin between 1994 and 2020, burning about 4 acres in total. 5 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
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
6 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsOHIO
18 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsRED LADY
29 August 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseSLATE
20 August 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCrested Butte Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
13 August 2003Naturalunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsIRWIN
6 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
6 July 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsKEBLER
5 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gunnison County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 55 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 55 workings within 5 miles of Irwin: 17 unknowns, 15 past producers, 13 occurrences, 10 producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Lead, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Silver. 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
BelcherSilver, Zinc, LeadOccurrenceVein
Crested ButteMolybdenum, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, ZincProducer
Crested Butte Mining & Milling Co. Grp.Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc, LeadProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
DaisySilver, Lead, Zinc, CopperProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Tetrahedrite
Forest Queen and 8 ClaimsSilver, LeadProducerLead, Silver
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gunnison County Mines RprGold, Zinc, SilverPast Producer
Jimmy, Keystone, Contact, Eclipse, My Boys, UnionZinc, Silver, LeadOccurrence
KeystoneLead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, CopperProducer
Keystone MineSilver, Lead, Copper, ZincProducer

Every working recorded in Gunnison 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
Ruby0.5 miles26
Floresta2.6 miles26
Pittsburg5.7 miles27
Crested Butte5.8 miles23
Elkton7.1 miles27
Mount Crested Butte7.2 miles26
Baldwin8.0 miles26
Gothic8.2 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 203227. 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.