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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.

Masontown within Summit County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

200 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined111
Recreation and ceremony46
Natural18
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking4
Fireworks4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWhite River National ForestLOWRY
8 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLake Dillon Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLake Dillon Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
8 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWhite River National ForestWATERLINE
8 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWhite River National ForestPROSPECTOR
8 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWhite River National ForestMT ROYAL
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWhite River National ForestSENTINEL ISLAND

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Summit County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
FriscoGold, Copper, Silver, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
King SolomanLead, Copper, Gold, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Skookum MineVanadiumPast Producer
UnknownGold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, CopperUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSedimentary
Unknown MineGold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, CopperUnknown
Blue River PlacersGoldOccurrencePlacer
Buffalo PlacersGoldOccurrencePlacer
Delaware Flats PlacerGoldOccurrencePlacer
South Barton Gulch PlacersGoldOccurrencePlacer

Every working recorded in Summit County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Frisco0.6 miles17
Gold Hill3.1 miles17
Copper Mountain4.7 miles19
Wheeler Junction4.7 miles19
Silverthorne4.7 miles16
Peak Seven West5.0 miles31
Dillon5.3 miles16
Keystone6.4 miles33

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.