BlockLogtown, Colorado
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Durango census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81301. It lies near Crystal Valley. The Survey maps it on the Columbine Pass 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
10 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.
- 1900 USGS Needle Mountains quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1902 USGS Needle Mountains quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1945 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Columbine Pass quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS Silverton quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Logtown (historical) between 2000 and 2015, burning about 1,926 acres in total. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 7 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | HE MAN |
| 6 July 2003 | Natural | 1,869 acres | San Juan National Forest | BEAR CREEK WFU |
| 3 July 2007 | Natural | 55 acres | San Juan National Forest | DEAD HORSE WFU |
| 2 July 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | JOHNSON CREEK |
| 19 July 2003 | Natural | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | SIERRA VERDE |
| 19 June 2000 | Natural | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | FALLS CREEK |
| 31 October 2012 | Natural | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | HAFLIN |
| 25 October 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | San Juan National Forest | STEAM |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Logtown (historical): 12 past producers, 8 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Lead, Gold, Silver, Zinc, Silver, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Bismuth, Manganese, Zinc | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Aztec Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Manganese, Molybdenum | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Black Giant Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Manganese | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Chicago Basin Disseminated Molybdenum Deposit | Molybdenum, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Manganese | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Gold Nugget Group | Copper, Gold, Tungsten | Past Producer | 1900 | |
| Grizzly King, Bobby, and Lost Claims | Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | 1936 | |
| Mt. Eolus Mine | Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Needle Mountain District | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Manganese, Molybdenum, Uranium, Antimony, Zinc, Bismuth | Past Producer | 1880, 1936 | |
| Oregon Claims | Molybdenum, Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Pittsburg Mine | Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc | Past Producer | Vein |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 188006. 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.