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Lenado, Colorado

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Aspen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81656. It stands on Silver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Aspen quadrangle. It stands 8,540 feet above sea level.

Lenado within Pitkin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 26 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

21 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Lenado between 1994 and 2020, burning about 7 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/undetermined12
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Debris and open burning1

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
6 September 1995Naturalunder an acreWhite River National ForestSTEEP BEAVER
21 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWhite River National ForestWOODY CREEK
11 August 2016Naturalunder an acreWhite River National ForestHUNTER CREEK VALLEY
4 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersASPEN
21 July 2000Naturalunder an acreWhite River National ForestDAISY
10 July 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreWhite River National ForestWOODY CREEK
1 July 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWhite River National ForestLENADO
28 June 1994Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWhite River National ForestSMUGGLER MT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pitkin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 64 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 64 workings within 5 miles of Lenado: 55 past producers, 6 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Lead, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper. 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
A M T & D Co TunnelSilver, Lead, CalciumPast Producer
A-J TunnelLead, Calcium, Silver, StonePast Producer
Alta ArgentCopper, ClayPast Producer
Argentum-Juanita InclineSilver, Clay, CalciumPast Producer
AspenSilver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, PlatinumPast ProducerGalena
AspenSilver, Calcium, Lead, StonePast Producer
Aspen Contact MineZinc, Silver, LeadPast Producer1892
Bushwacker ShaftSilver, Lead, Clay, CalciumPast Producer
Della'sSilver, Calcium, Clay, LeadPast Producer
Frying Pan ClaimsUraniumPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Pitkin 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
Aspen4.6 miles26
Woody Creek6.8 miles19
Norrie8.0 miles18
Meredith8.5 miles18
Biglow8.6 miles18
Thomasville8.7 miles18
Nast9.2 miles18
Snowmass Village9.5 miles25

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 LenadoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6522213The 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 180042. 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.