BlockMalachite, Colorado
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Gardner census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81040. The Survey maps it on the Creager Reservoir quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1889 USGS Huerfano Park quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Huerfano Park quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Creager Reservoir quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Blanca Peak quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Creager Reservoir quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Malachite between 1993 and 2009, burning about 3 acres in total. 3 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 | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Royal Gorge Field Office | 560 ROAD |
| 12 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Royal Gorge Field Office | LILSHEEP |
| 20 July 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Huerfano County | not named |
| 24 February 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Huerfano County | not named |
| 3 December 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Huerfano County | not named |
| 12 December 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Huerfano County | not named |
| 12 November 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Huerfano County | not named |
| 27 October 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Huerfano County | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Malachite: 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Vanadium, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mcintire Property | Uranium, Vanadium, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Santa Rosa Claim | Uranium, Vanadium, Copper | Past Producer | Autunite, Azurite, Malachite |
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 192592. 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.