Masontown, Colorado
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Breckenridge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80443. It lies near Royal Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Frisco quadrangle.
On record in Masontown
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Frisco Schoolhouselisted 1983 · 0.6 miles away
Wildhack's Grocery Store-Post Officelisted 1985 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1929 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1934 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Frisco quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1980 USGS Vail quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
200 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 200 fires within 5 miles of Masontown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 221 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 111 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 46 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | White River National Forest | LOWRY |
| 8 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lake Dillon Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lake Dillon Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | White River National Forest | WATERLINE |
| 8 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | White River National Forest | PROSPECTOR |
| 8 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | White River National Forest | MT ROYAL |
| 7 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 7 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | White River National Forest | SENTINEL ISLAND |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Masontown: 9 occurrences, 3 past producers, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frisco | Gold, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| King Soloman | Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Skookum Mine | Vanadium | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Unknown Mine | Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper | Unknown | ||
| Blue River Placers | Gold | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Buffalo Placers | Gold | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Delaware Flats Placer | Gold | Occurrence | Placer | |
| South Barton Gulch Placers | Gold | Occurrence | Placer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frisco | 0.6 miles | 17 | |
| Gold Hill | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Copper Mountain | 4.7 miles | 19 | |
| Wheeler Junction | 4.7 miles | 19 | |
| Silverthorne | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Peak Seven West | 5.0 miles | 31 | |
| Dillon | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Keystone | 6.4 miles | 33 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 176221. 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.








