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Lime, Colorado

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Telluride census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81435. It stands on Deep Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gray Head quadrangle.

Lime within San Miguel County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 27 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

39 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Lime between 1993 and 2020, burning about 33 acres in total. 11 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/undetermined18
Natural11
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
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
29 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forestsnot named
12 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersMOUNTAIN VILLAGE
10 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTelluride Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
5 August 2002Naturalunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsWHIPPLE MOUNTAIN
4 August 2017Naturalunder an acreTelluride Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
27 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTelluride Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
22 August 2000Naturalunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsWHIPPLE
18 August 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsWHIPPLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Miguel County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 41 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Lime: 29 past producers, 6 unknowns, 6 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Uranium, Vanadium, Vanadium, Uranium. 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
Bear Creek MineVanadium, Uranium, Lead, SeleniumPast Producer1903, 1910, 1957
Belle Champion MineSilver, Gold, Lead, ZincPast ProducerLimonite, Sphalerite
Belle Champion MineGold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, SilverUnknown
Blue Bird MineSilver, Gold, Lead, CopperPast Producer1977
Carpenter TunnelUranium, Gold, VanadiumUnknown
Deep Creek PlacerLimestone, GeneralPast Producer1968, 1975
Fall Creek QuarryStonePast Producer
Iron CrownLead, Copper, ZincPast Producer
Jo Dandy MineVanadium, Uranium, Gold, Silver, LeadPast Producer1954
Lizzie G. MineVanadium, Uranium, Copper, Gold, Silver, LeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in San Miguel 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
Vance Junction2.2 miles27
Vanadium2.3 miles27
Ilium2.5 miles27
Keystone2.9 miles27
Mountain Village4.3 miles29
Sawpit4.7 miles14
San Miguel5.1 miles29
Alta (historical)6.3 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 187079. 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.