BlockMayday, Colorado
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Durango census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81301. It lies near Little Deadwood Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Hesperus quadrangle. It stands 8,734 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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.
- 1895 USGS La Plata quadrangle1:62500
- 1897 USGS La Plata quadrangle1:62500
- 1899 USGS La Plata quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS La Plata quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Hesperus quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Cortez quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
62 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Mayday between 1993 and 2020, burning about 20 acres in total. 25 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 31 |
| Natural | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | CF 1087 |
| 7 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | CF 1089 |
| 7 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | 858 |
| 5 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | CF 1066 |
| 5 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | LIGHTNER |
| 2 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | La Plata County | not named |
| 19 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | TARGET TREE |
| 17 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 129 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 129 workings within 5 miles of Mayday: 99 past producers, 15 prospects, 13 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Lead, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allard Stock | Copper, Gold, Silver, PGE, Lead | Occurrence | Galena, Pyrite | |
| Bay City Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | 1876, 1918, 1987 | |
| Boren Gulch Group | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1920 | |
| Comstock Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Tellurium, Bismuth, Antimony | Past Producer | 1873, 1875, 1931 | |
| Copper Hill Mine | Silver, Copper, Platinum, Gold, Palladium | Past Producer | 1902, 1911, 1917 | |
| Daisy-Hibernia Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Antimony | Past Producer | 1885, 1895, 1925 | |
| Flicker Group | Vanadium, Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Florence W. Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Antimony | Past Producer | 1914, 1958 | |
| Gold Dollar | Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Gold King Mill | Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc | 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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Mayday | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6797011 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 179132. 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.