Jack Springs, Colorado
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Dinosaur census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81610. It lies near Watson Draw. The Survey maps it on the Skull Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1907 USGS Rangely quadrangle1:125000
- 1910 USGS Rangely quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Vernal quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Vernal quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Vernal quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Skull Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Rangely quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
67 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Jack Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,634 acres in total. 63 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 | 63 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 67 acres | Northwest District, Craig | JONES TWIS |
| 8 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | LAST DANCE |
| 6 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | DONNA |
| 5 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Dinosaur National Monument | KAREN PLACE |
| 4 September 2012 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Northwest District, Craig | WASSON |
| 20 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | PETES POST |
| 16 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1,069 acres | Northwest District, Craig | SKULL CRK. |
| 9 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | WOLF |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Jack Springs: 4 past producers, 4 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Copper, Uranium, Vanadium, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bozo No. 1 | Copper, Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Skull Creek | Copper, Vanadium | Unknown | ||
| Blue Mountain Group | Uranium, Vanadium, Copper | Past Producer | Carnotite, Uraninite | |
| Little Star Claims | Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | Carnotite, Tyuyamunite | |
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Cleta Group | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Little Star No 1 | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massadona | 7.6 miles | 12 | |
| Blue Mountain | 11.0 miles | 12 | |
| Elk Springs | 13.5 miles | 15 | |
| Robinson Place | 15.5 miles | 15 | |
| Greystone | 17.9 miles | 11 | |
| Dinosaur | 18.1 miles | 18 | |
| Craig Place | 28.7 miles | 13 | |
| Wilson Place | 30.1 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 170920. 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.






