BlockMad Creek, Colorado
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Steamboat Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80487. It stands on Mad Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mad Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 18 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.
- 1911 USGS Hahns Peak quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1913 USGS Hahns Peak quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Mad Creek quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Walden quadrangle1:100000
- 2000 USGS Mad Creek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
12 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Mad Creek between 1994 and 2019, burning about 8 acres in total. 6 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 | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | SODA CREEK |
| 19 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | CABIN CREEK |
| 21 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | RED DIRT |
| 14 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Steamboat Springs Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 14 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | MAD CREEK |
| 29 July 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | BEAR |
| 22 June 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | not named |
| 13 June 2013 | Smoking | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | MAD CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Mad Creek: 6 occurrences, 5 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Gold, Copper, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Routt Hot Springs | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Sunset Claims | Copper, Gold | Occurrence | Copper, Gold | |
| Unnamed | Uranium, Thorium | Occurrence | ||
| Copper Ridge | Copper, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Slate Creek | Copper, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Hogue Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Unknown Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steamboat II | 4.1 miles | 18 | |
| Mystic | 5.7 miles | 18 | |
| Steamboat Springs | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Milner | 8.9 miles | 19 | |
| Clark | 9.8 miles | 20 | |
| McGregor | 9.8 miles | 19 | |
| Glen Eden | 10.5 miles | 20 | |
| Bear River (historical) | 13.4 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 196770. 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.