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Nathrop, Colorado

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Buena Vista census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81236. It lies near Ruby Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Nathrop quadrangle. 288 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7,680 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Nathrop within Chaffee County

On record in Nathrop

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

69 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Nathrop (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 427 acres in total. 48 started naturally. 3 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
Natural48
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Recreation and ceremony6
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreFront Range District OfficeSUGAR LOAF
3 September 2007Naturalunder an acreRoyal Gorge Field OfficeTIE GULCH
24 September 2012Naturalunder an acreRoyal Gorge Field OfficeSUGAR LOAF MTN
22 September 1994Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National Forestnot named
16 September 2001Naturalunder an acreRoyal Gorge Field OfficeCHINA MAN
15 September 2009Naturalunder an acreRoyal Gorge Field OfficeRUBY MOUNTAIN
6 August 2009Naturalunder an acreRoyal Gorge Field OfficeSPRING GULCH
6 August 2009Naturalunder an acreRoyal Gorge Field OfficeARNOLD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chaffee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Nathrop (historical): 10 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Copper, Gold, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
FuturityCopper, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Mount Princeton Hot SpringsGeothermalUnknown
Nathrop Ruby Mt.Pumice, PerliteOccurrencePumice
Picuris Placer MineVanadiumOccurrencePlacer
Shannon Last ChanceGranitePast Producer
Lower Arkansas River PlacersGoldOccurrencePlacer
Lower Browns Creek PlacerGoldOccurrencePlacer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel

Every working recorded in Chaffee 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
Centerville2.8 miles17
Johnson Village4.7 miles20
Swan (historical)5.0 miles17
Futurity6.5 miles15
Buena Vista7.2 miles22
Turret8.7 miles15
Browns Canon9.4 miles19
Newett9.4 miles16

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 Nathrop (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6969972The 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 204759. 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.