Juniper Hot Springs, Colorado
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Craig census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81625. It lies near Temple Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Juniper Hot Springs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 17 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.
- 1910 USGS Danforth Hills quadrangle1:125000
- 1912 USGS Axial quadrangle1:62500
- 1914 USGS Axial quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Juniper Hot Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Meeker quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
151 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 151 fires within 5 miles of Juniper Hot Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,120 acres in total. 146 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 | 146 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
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 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | TRIPLE H |
| 8 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | CLOSE CALL |
| 8 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | T.G. 2 |
| 8 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | T.G. |
| 5 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | MATTINGLY |
| 3 September 2011 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Northwest District, Craig | HALE GULCH |
| 13 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | PRIEST |
| 12 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | STEEPLE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 28 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Juniper Hot Springs: 14 unknowns, 7 past producers, 6 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Vanadium, Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juniper Hot Springs | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Sugar Loaf Mine | Uranium, Vanadium, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum | Past Producer | Molybdenite, Uranophane | |
| Buffalo Head Prospect | Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | Uranophane | |
| Unknown | Uranium, Vanadium | Occurrence | Coffinite | |
| Unknown | Uranium, Vanadium | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lay | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Maybell | 7.9 miles | 14 | |
| Sunbeam | 14.1 miles | 13 | |
| Axial | 15.2 miles | 17 | |
| Iles Grove | 16.8 miles | 17 | |
| Loyd | 17.4 miles | 17 | |
| Hamilton | 19.3 miles | 15 | |
| Craig South Highlands | 20.7 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 171333. 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.











