Lake George, Colorado
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Lake George census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80827. It stands on Twin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lake George quadrangle. It stands 7,992 feet above sea level.
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On record in Lake George
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 2 records
South Platte River Bridgelisted 2018- Victor Williams Homestead-Sprague Sand Creek Ranchlisted 2024
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 30 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.
- 1894 USGS Pikes Peak quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Pikes Peak quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Lake George quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1957 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Florissant quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Pikes Peak quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Lake George quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
214 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 214 fires within 5 miles of Lake George between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,333 acres in total. 73 started naturally. 7 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 93 |
| Natural | 73 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | NOBLE |
| 3 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Four Mile Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 15 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 12 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | OBRIEN |
| 10 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | HAPPY |
| 8 August 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | not named |
| 7 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | CRYSTAL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 37 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Lake George: 12 occurrences, 11 past producers, 10 producers, 2 prospects. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Feldspar, Uranium, Tungsten, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apex Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Tungsten, Molybdenum | Past Producer | 1921, 1955 | |
| Christie Ward-Lucky Thirteen 1&2 | Feldspar, REE, Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium), Quartz, Mica | Producer | Beryl, Columbite, Thorite | |
| Crystal Peak Topaz Prospects | Gemstone, Feldspar | Prospect | ||
| Crystal Peak Topaz Prospects | Gemstone, Semiprecious Gemstone, Tin | Prospect | 1865 | |
| Florissant Area | Pumice | Producer | ||
| Halstead Prospect | Feldspar, Mica | Occurrence | ||
| Haymon | Vermiculite | Producer | Vermiculite | |
| Jasper Queen Mine | Tungsten, Copper, Molybdenum | Past Producer | Copper, Molybdenite, Scheelite | |
| Teller Pegmatite | Feldspar, REE | Past Producer | ||
| Teller Pegmatite Claim | REE, Fluorine-Fluorite, Feldspar, Beryllium, Thorium | Producer | Allanite, Gadolinite, Microcline, Molybdenite, Monazite, Orthoclase, Quartz, Xenotime |
Storms near this place
12 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lake George in 12 storm reports between 2006 and 2021: 6 hail, 4 tornado, 1 lightning, 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Lake George | $30,000 | A waterspout transitioned to a landspout and caused damage to several recreational vehicles. Several peopled suffered minor injuries from flying debris. |
| May 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Lake George | - | A tornado briefly touched down near Eleven-mile Reservoir. No damage was observed. |
| September 2019 | Heavy Rain | Lake George | - | A combination of heavy rainfall, anywhere from 2 to 4 inches, and hail produced debris flows and that damaged county roads between Elevenmile Reservoir and Spinney Reservoir. County roads 59 and 333 were closed due to road damage. The hail accumulated up to 18 inches deep in spots. |
| July 2018 | Lightning | Lake George | - | A couple received minor injuries when lightning struck near their truck and they were preparing to leave the campsite. Both suffered minor burns. |
| June 2014 | Tornado (EF2) | Lake George | - | A tornado touched down and caused damage in an RV park. Several power lines were downed and a some damage reported along Park County Road 370. Some buildings in Lake George also sustained minor damage. Trees were snapped from their bases. The tornado continued its track into Teller County. |
| August 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Lake George | - | North of Eleven Mile State Park, the tornado destroyed to small sheds and a camper, while a steel framed barn suffered major damage. Two homes received minor damage including: broken windows, cracked siding, lost shingles and a collapsed deck awning. At another property northeast of Lake George, another camper was flipped and destroyed. Minor damage was also observed with signs knocked down along State Highway 24. Between Eleven Mile Reservoir and Lake George, there were numerous areas of significant tree damage. Large ponderosa pines, two feet in diameter, were uprooted and snapped off. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Lake George | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Lake George | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Lake George | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Lake George | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Lake George | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Lake George | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platte Springs | 5.8 miles | 30 | |
| Tarryall | 11.6 miles | 24 | |
| Glentivar | 13.9 miles | 18 | |
| Guffey | 18.0 miles | 16 | |
| Pike-San Isabel Village | 19.9 miles | 15 | |
| Balfour | 20.1 miles | 14 | |
| Hartsel | 23.4 miles | 15 | |
| Trump (historical) | 24.5 miles | 14 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Lake George | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3033301 | 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 191146. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.











