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Leadville Junction, Colorado

32 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 Tennessee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Leadville North quadrangle.

Leadville Junction within Lake County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 32 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

73 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Leadville Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 20 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined34
Recreation and ceremony26
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLake CountyCABIN
30 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestGOLF COURSE
28 September 1993Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresPike and San Isabel National Forestnot named
15 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestMAID OF ERIN
14 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLeadville / Lake County Fire RescueUNKNOWN
13 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLeadville / Lake County Fire RescueUNKNOWN
11 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFront Range District OfficeZION

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 270 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 270 workings within 5 miles of Leadville Junction: 229 past producers, 20 producers, 20 occurrences, 1 plant. 21 still produce. What was taken out: Zinc, Manganese, Lead, Gold. 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
Columbia TunnelLead, Zinc, SilverPast Producer
Iowa GulchBarium-BariteProducer
IronIronPast Producer
Leadville DistrictSilver, Zinc, Gold, Lead, Copper, Manganese, Iron, Bismuth, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid, Cadmium, Vanadium, TungstenPast Producer1860, 1999
Leadville Mill (Day Mines/Hecla)Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, ZincPast Producer
Mt. ZionLead, Zinc, Tellurium, Iron, Copper, Boron-Borates, TungstenOccurrence
Pine ViewSilicaProducerSand
St. Kevin MineSilver, Gold, UraniumPast ProducerGalena, Polybasite, Sphalerite, Tennantite, Tetrahedrite
Starr Placer CoronadoSilver, Lead, ZincProducerReplacement
Turquoise Chief, Poor BoyCopper, Uranium, GemstoneProducerVein

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
Stringtown2.0 miles30
Malta2.1 miles30
Leadville2.6 miles32
Resurrection Mill3.7 miles30
Adelaide (historical)4.4 miles30
Oro (historical)4.9 miles30
Birdseye7.0 miles35
Mount Massive Lakes7.6 miles30

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 Q122561035The 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 179894. 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.