BlockManhattan, Colorado
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Livermore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80545. It lies near Prohibition Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Rustic 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 17 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.
- 1916 USGS Home quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1920 USGS Home quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Rustic quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Fort Collins quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
95 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Manhattan (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 122 acres in total. 40 started naturally. 3 were 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 | 40 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | LAKEFIELD 2 |
| 8 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | PINGREE HILL |
| 8 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | PARROTT |
| 8 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | not named |
| 8 September 1992 | Smoking | 1.5 acres | Larimer County | not named |
| 5 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | ELKHORN |
| 26 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | LARIMER (COUNTY) |
| 26 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.9 acres | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | SWAMP LADY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 30 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Manhattan (historical): 17 occurrences, 10 past producers, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Uranium, Beryllium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berghof Lode | Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Big Mica Beryl Prospect | Mica, Silver, Lead, Gold, Nickel Laterite | Occurrence | 1966 | |
| Cash Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Chaney-Sims Beryl Mine | Feldspar, Beryllium, Mica | Producer | ||
| Chaney-Sims Beryl Prospects | Beryllium, Mica, Feldspar | Occurrence | 1935 | |
| Kelsey Lake | Gemstone | Producer | 1987, 1996 | |
| Little Bobby Vein | Gold, Copper, Lead | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Manhattan District | Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Uranium | Past Producer | 1941 | |
| Mayesville District | Uranium, Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Beryllium, Mica, Feldspar, Bismuth, REE | Past Producer | Beryl, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Muscovite, Pyrite, Uranophane | |
| Soda Springs Group | Uranium, Lead, Bismuth, REE, Silver | Past Producer | Galena, Uranophane |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goodell Corner | 1.0 miles | 17 | |
| Glen Echo | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Rustic | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Indian Meadows | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Idylwilde | 3.6 miles | 20 | |
| Red Feather Lakes | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Eggers | 6.6 miles | 21 | |
| Kinikinik | 7.4 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 203889. 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.