BlockMiddleton, Colorado
32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Silverton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81433. It lies near Maggie Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Howardsville quadrangle. It stands 9,793 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 32 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.
- 1897 USGS Silverton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Silverton quadrangle1:62500
- 1902 USGS Silverton quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1945 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Howardsville quadrangle1:24000, 8 printings
- 1955 USGS Silverton quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Silverton quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 2001 USGS Howardsville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Middleton between 1994 and 2008, burning under an acre in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 July 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 29 July 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | MIDDLETON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 281 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 281 workings within 5 miles of Middleton: 100 past producers, 67 producers, 64 unknowns, 46 occurrences. 68 still produce. What was taken out: Zinc, Gold, Lead, Copper, Gold, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animas District | Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | HYDROTHERMAL VEIN | |
| Antiperiodic | Silver, Gold, Lead | Producer | Cerussite, Galena | |
| Aspen | Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc | Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Aspen Mine | Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Ayman Mine | Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Aztec | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Benitoite | Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Big Giant | Copper, Silver, Lead | Producer | Vein | |
| Black Diamond | Lead, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | Tetrahedrite | |
| Black Hawk Et Al | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper | Producer | Galena |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eureka | 1.7 miles | 30 | |
| Howardsville | 1.8 miles | 32 | |
| Gladstone (historical) | 4.8 miles | 28 | |
| Animas Forks (historical) | 5.3 miles | 30 | |
| Silverton | 5.7 miles | 30 | |
| Chattanooga (historical) | 8.2 miles | 30 | |
| Beartown (historical) | 9.8 miles | 26 | |
| Needleton | 16.1 miles | 25 |
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 Middleton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6841968 | 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 187624. 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.