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Mount Massive Lakes, Colorado

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Leadville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80461. It lies near Dry Union Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Leadville South quadrangle.

Mount Massive Lakes within Lake County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 30 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

45 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Mount Massive Lakes between 1992 and 2020, burning about 154 acres in total. 9 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 ceremony17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Natural9
Debris and open burning2
Fireworks2
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
23 September 1993Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresPike and San Isabel National Forestnot named
13 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestFOREBAY
12 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestLODGEPOLE 2
10 September 2001Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestSPRING CREEK
7 August 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreRoyal Gorge Field OfficeLODGEPOLE FLATS
7 August 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestWEST FORE BAYS
31 August 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestLITTLE
28 August 1999Naturalunder an acreRoyal Gorge Field OfficeGOLF CLUB

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake 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 Mount Massive Lakes: 11 occurrences, 6 producers, 4 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead. 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
Iowa GulchBarium-BariteProducer
Kathy K MineGold, SilverPast Producer
Placer MineManganesePast Producer
Prospect MtnLead, Zinc, SilverPast Producer
Smith-Bullard MineLead, Copper, Gold, Silver, ZincPast Producer
UnknownZinc, LeadOccurrence
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSedimentary
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Lake 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
Kobe1.7 miles30
Balltown5.2 miles29
Stringtown5.7 miles30
Resurrection Mill5.9 miles30
Malta6.0 miles30
Oro (historical)6.3 miles30
Twin Lakes6.4 miles30
Leadville6.8 miles32

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 Q122563240The 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 180174. 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.