Newett, Colorado
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Buena Vista census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80449. It lies near Chubb Park. The Survey maps it on the Castle Rock Gulch quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1954 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Antero Reservoir quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Castle Rock Gulch quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Pikes Peak quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Castle Rock Gulch quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
38 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Newett between 1992 and 2018, burning about 44 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 1 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 | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | KAUFMAN FIRE |
| 9 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | CASTLE PARK |
| 6 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | FAT FIRE |
| 6 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | BEEHIVE |
| 21 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | BUENA VISTA |
| 21 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | KAUFMAN |
| 16 August 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | LEN HARDY |
| 11 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sedgwick Volunteer Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Newett: 8 occurrences, 5 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Feldspar, REE, Uranium, REE, REE, Bismuth. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abe Lincoln No. 2 | Vermiculite | Occurrence | Metamorphic | |
| Clora May Mine | Feldspar, REE, Bismuth, Beryllium, Uranium, Thorium | Past Producer | Allanite, Beryl, Bismutite, Euxenite, Xenotime | |
| Iron Chest Mine | Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | 1947 | |
| Luella Pegmatite | Feldspar, REE, Bismuth, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1946 | |
| Mizpah Gold Mine | Lead, Zinc, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Galena, Gold, Silver, Sphalerite | |
| Northern View, Rose of Sharon | Feldspar, Bismuth | Producer | Feldspar | |
| Trout Creek Pass Area | Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, REE, Feldspar | Producer | Euxenite, Monazite | |
| Carson Mining and Development | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Carson Mining and Development | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Crystal No. 8 | REE | Occurrence | Allanite, Euxenite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson Village | 7.3 miles | 20 | |
| Buena Vista | 7.7 miles | 22 | |
| Futurity | 9.2 miles | 15 | |
| Nathrop (historical) | 9.4 miles | 17 | |
| Americus | 9.7 miles | 20 | |
| Riverside | 11.5 miles | 20 | |
| Centerville | 12.2 miles | 17 | |
| Swan (historical) | 13.2 miles | 17 |
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 Q122590638 | 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 191349. 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.









