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Midland, Colorado

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Divide census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80814. It lies near Putney Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Cripple Creek North quadrangle.

Midland within Teller County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 28 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

55 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Midland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 68 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined30
Recreation and ceremony9
Natural8
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2
Debris and open burning1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
28 September 1993Smoking4.0 acresRoyal Gorge Field OfficeOIL CREEK
18 September 1993Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National Forestnot named
26 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDivide Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
2 August 1995Naturalunder an acreTeller Countynot named
19 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
17 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorissant Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
17 August 2015Naturalunder an acreDivide Fire Protection DistrictDOME ROCK FIRE
14 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Teller County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Midland: 5 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Uranium, Nickel, Titanium, Metal, Peat. 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
Emma L MineNickel, Titanium, MetalProducer
Emma L. MineNickel, TitaniumPast Producer
UnknownPeatOccurrencePeat
GenevieveUraniumOccurrence
Phonolite Mtn.UraniumOccurrence
UnknownGoldOccurrence
UnknownGoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in Teller 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
Gillett (historical)5.7 miles28
Divide5.8 miles25
Stratton7.7 miles26
Cripple Creek7.8 miles26
Fairview7.9 miles26
Midway8.2 miles26
Altman (historical)8.6 miles26
Anaconda (historical)8.7 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 191226. 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.