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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.

Juniper Hot Springs within Moffat County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 17 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

151 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural146
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5

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 1995Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, CraigTRIPLE H
8 September 2002Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, CraigCLOSE CALL
8 September 1995Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, CraigT.G. 2
8 September 1995Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, CraigT.G.
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, CraigMATTINGLY
3 September 2011Natural2.0 acresNorthwest District, CraigHALE GULCH
13 September 2017Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, CraigPRIEST
12 September 2017Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, CraigSTEEPLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Moffat County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Juniper Hot SpringsGeothermalUnknown
Sugar Loaf MineUranium, Vanadium, Gold, Silver, MolybdenumPast ProducerMolybdenite, Uranophane
Buffalo Head ProspectUranium, VanadiumPast ProducerUranophane
UnknownUranium, VanadiumOccurrenceCoffinite
UnknownUranium, VanadiumOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
Lay5.6 miles13
Maybell7.9 miles14
Sunbeam14.1 miles13
Axial15.2 miles17
Iles Grove16.8 miles17
Loyd17.4 miles17
Hamilton19.3 miles15
Craig South Highlands20.7 miles17

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.