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Kobe, Colorado

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Leadville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80461. It stands on Big Union Creek. The Survey maps it on the Leadville South quadrangle.

Kobe within Lake County

On record in Kobe

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 30 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

71 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Kobe between 1992 and 2020, burning about 160 acres in total. 13 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
Recreation and ceremony36
Natural13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Smoking3
Fireworks3
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
23 September 1993Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresPike and San Isabel National Forestnot named
21 September 2010Smoking1.0 acresPike and San Isabel National ForestSOUTH ELBERT
2 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestLILY POND
13 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestFOREBAY
12 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestLODGEPOLE 2
10 September 2001Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestSPRING CREEK
9 August 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestSOUTH ELBERT
7 August 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreRoyal Gorge Field OfficeLODGEPOLE FLATS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Kobe: 15 occurrences, 10 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Kathy K MineGold, SilverPast Producer
Prospect MtnLead, Zinc, SilverPast Producer
Smith-Bullard MineLead, Copper, Gold, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Tom ThumbGold, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Cerlew PlacerManganesePast Producer
Placer MineManganesePast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
UnknownLead, Zinc, SilverOccurrence
UnknownLead, Zinc, SilverOccurrence
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSedimentary

Every working recorded in Lake 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
Mount Massive Lakes1.7 miles30
Balltown4.0 miles29
Twin Lakes4.8 miles30
Malta7.2 miles30
Stringtown7.2 miles30
Resurrection Mill7.6 miles30
Oro (historical)8.0 miles30
Leadville8.5 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 202693. 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.