Kerper City, Colorado
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Saguache census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81155. It lies near Elkhorn Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Bonanza quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1956 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Bonanza quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Bonanza quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Saguache quadrangle1:100000
- 2001 USGS Bonanza quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Kerper City between 1992 and 2018, burning about 4 acres in total. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Rio Grande National Forest | ELKHORN |
| 24 July 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Rio Grande National Forest | KP |
| 16 July 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Saguache County | not named |
| 6 June 2013 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Rio Grande National Forest | SQUIRREL |
| 29 June 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Rio Grande National Forest | ELK HORN PEAK |
| 25 June 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Rio Grande National Forest | KELLY |
| 19 May 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Rio Grande National Forest | SLAUGHTER |
| 14 October 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Rio Grande National Forest | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 189 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 189 workings within 5 miles of Kerper City: 148 past producers, 37 occurrences, 2 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Lead, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antoro Mine | Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Gold | Past Producer | 1882, 1959 | |
| Atlantic Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Baltimore Mine | Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1926 | |
| Black Bess Mine | Zinc, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Bonanza | Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Bonanza - Kerber Creek District | Lead, Gold, Copper, Silver, Manganese, Zinc, Titanium, Bismuth, Antimony, Tellurium | Occurrence | 1879, 1880, 1969 | |
| Bonanza Mill | Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Burlington Mine | Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Chloride Mine | Lead, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Chloride Mine | Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sedgewick (historical) | 0.4 miles | 17 | |
| Bonanza | 0.8 miles | 17 | |
| Parkville | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Spook City | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Bonita | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Alder | 8.1 miles | 16 | |
| Villa Grove | 10.5 miles | 13 | |
| Chester | 10.5 miles | 12 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122571963 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 189936. 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.







