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Mound City, Colorado

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Cripple Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80813. It lies near Maize Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Cripple Creek South quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Mound City within Teller County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 26 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

68 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Mound City (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 263 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined24
Natural23
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1

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
4 September 2009Naturalunder an acreRoyal Gorge Field OfficePISGAH
23 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCripple Creek Fire & Emergency ServicesUNKNOWN
23 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCripple Creek Fire & Emergency ServicesUNKNOWN
6 August 2002Naturalunder an acreRoyal Gorge Field OfficeBARNARD
4 August 2000Naturalunder an acreRoyal Gorge Field OfficePONY GULCH
24 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCripple Creek Fire & Emergency ServicesUNKNOWN
17 August 2019Naturalunder an acreFront Range District OfficeSPRING CANYON
16 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCripple Creek Fire & Emergency ServicesUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Teller County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 514 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 514 workings within 5 miles of Mound City (historical): 487 past producers, 17 producers, 7 occurrences, 2 plants. 19 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Uranium. 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
C.K. & N. Lode, El Paso, Moon AnchorGold, Silver, TelluriumProducerVein
CaledoniaFeldsparPast ProducerUnderground
Cripple Creek DistrictGold, Semiprecious Gemstone, Antimony, Silver, Mercury, TelluriumProducerCalaverite, Gold, Sylvanite, Turquoise, Krennerite
Florence Lode ClaimGemstoneProducerTurquoise
Gedney TitaniumTitaniumPast Producer
Hull CityGold, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Portland No 2Sand and Gravel, Construction, GoldOccurrence
Abril 8UraniumProducerUraninite
Abril Nos 2, 6, 8 ProspectUraniumOccurrenceCoffinite, Uraninite
Ajax MineFluorine-FluoritePast Producer

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
Beacon Hill0.7 miles26
Anaconda (historical)0.9 miles26
Elkton1.4 miles26
Cripple Creek1.5 miles26
Fairview1.7 miles26
Midway2.1 miles26
Stratton2.1 miles26
Independence (historical)2.2 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 203916. 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.