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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.

Jack Springs within Moffat County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

67 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural63
Debris and open burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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 1999Debris and open burning67 acresNorthwest District, CraigJONES TWIS
8 September 2003Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, CraigLAST DANCE
6 September 2012Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, CraigDONNA
5 September 2011Naturalunder an acreDinosaur National MonumentKAREN PLACE
4 September 2012Natural2.0 acresNorthwest District, CraigWASSON
20 September 2019Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, CraigPETES POST
16 September 1995Debris and open burning1,069 acresNorthwest District, CraigSKULL CRK.
9 August 2013Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, CraigWOLF

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Moffat County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bozo No. 1Copper, UraniumOccurrence
Skull CreekCopper, VanadiumUnknown
Blue Mountain GroupUranium, Vanadium, CopperPast ProducerCarnotite, Uraninite
Little Star ClaimsUranium, VanadiumPast ProducerCarnotite, Tyuyamunite
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrenceSedimentary
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrenceSedimentary
Cleta GroupUraniumPast Producer
Little Star No 1UraniumPast Producer
UnknownUraniumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Moffat 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
Massadona7.6 miles12
Blue Mountain11.0 miles12
Elk Springs13.5 miles15
Robinson Place15.5 miles15
Greystone17.9 miles11
Dinosaur18.1 miles18
Craig Place28.7 miles13
Wilson Place30.1 miles14

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.