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McKenzie Junction, Colorado

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Westcliffe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81253. It stands on Silver Park Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hardscrabble Mountain quadrangle.

McKenzie Junction within Custer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

54 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of McKenzie Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 19,563 acres in total. 33 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
Natural33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Recreation and ceremony7
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 2018Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National Forest336
8 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePike and San Isabel National Forestnot named
5 September 2000Naturalunder an acreRoyal Gorge Field OfficeJEAN BROWN
3 September 2016Naturalunder an acreWetmore Volunteer Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
2 September 2009Natural2.0 acresPike and San Isabel National ForestHOLT MTN
19 September 2017Natural1.0 acresPike and San Isabel National ForestWILLOW
1 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWet Mountain Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
31 August 2009Natural33 acresPike and San Isabel National ForestJOHNSON GULCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Custer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of McKenzie Junction: 10 past producers, 4 producers, 3 prospects, 3 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron. 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
Floyd Watters RanchUranium, Vanadium, Radium, Thorium, REE, LeadPast Producer1951, 1953
Franklin MineThorium, REE, Lead, CopperPast ProducerBornite, Galena, Thorite
Haputa RanchGold, Thorium, REE, Barium-Barite, LeadProspect1950
Hoza RanchZincPast ProducerSphalerite
Oak Creek (Ilse) DistrictLead, Silver, Zinc, Uranium, GoldPast ProducerCerussite, Phosgenite
Sewell RanchREE, ThoriumProspect1952
Sewell RanchThorium, UraniumUnknown
Terrible MineLead, Silver, GoldPast Producer1879, 1884, 1943
UnknownSilverOccurrenceSilver
Wild Girl and High Kicker ClaimsLead, Silver, Zinc, Uranium, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer1887, 1893

Every working recorded in Custer 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
Cold Spring2.9 miles24
Greenwood5.7 miles23
Wetmore7.6 miles23
Querida8.1 miles26
Fairview8.2 miles23
Rosita9.0 miles24
Silver Cliff13.7 miles23
San Isabel14.2 miles17

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.

Wikidata item Q122562886The 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 192215. 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.