BlockLeavick, Colorado
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Fairplay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80440. It lies near Horseshoe Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Mount Sherman quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 24 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.
- 1889 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1942 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:125000
- 1957 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Mount Sherman quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1962 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Mount Sherman quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
18 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Leavick (historical) between 1992 and 2018, burning about 3 acres in total. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 28 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 17 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 26 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | WESTON |
| 15 August 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | SKUNK |
| 13 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 10 August 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | not named |
| 1 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | FAIRPLAY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 59 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 59 workings within 5 miles of Leavick (historical): 49 past producers, 5 occurrences, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Uranium, Lead, Zinc, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Continental Chief | Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | Cerussite, Galena, Hydrozincite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Continental Chief | Lead, Gold, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Hill Top Mine | Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc | Producer | Argentite, Cerargyrite, Freibergite | |
| Hilltop | Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1869 | |
| Hilltop Mine | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Gold | Past Producer | Replacement | |
| Mudsill | Silver, Gold, Lead | Past Producer | 1880 | |
| Peerless Tunnel | Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Rhodes Warm Springs | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Sherman MIne | Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold | Past Producer | 1968, 1975 | |
| Unknown | Zinc, Lead | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horseshoe (historical) | 2.8 miles | 23 | |
| Park City (historical) | 6.2 miles | 33 | |
| Alma Junction | 7.0 miles | 33 | |
| Alma | 7.3 miles | 33 | |
| Fairplay | 7.5 miles | 23 | |
| Dudley (historical) | 7.9 miles | 33 | |
| Quartzville (historical) | 10.8 miles | 33 | |
| Garo | 14.4 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 180226. 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.