Pactolus, Colorado
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Central City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80422. It stands on South Beaver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tungsten quadrangle.
On record in Pactolus
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 within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Winks PanoramaNational Historic Landmark · 0.4 miles away
Winks Panorama (Boundary Increase)listed 2014 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 25 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.
- 1899 USGS West Denver quadrangle1:125000
- 1906 USGS Blackhawk quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1942 USGS Tungsten quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1944 USGS Tungsten quadrangle1:31680
- 1953 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Tungsten quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Denver West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
268 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 268 fires within 5 miles of Pactolus between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,175 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined | 158 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 55 |
| Natural | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nederland Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | SITE 11 FIRE |
| 8 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nederland Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nederland Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 7 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | 925A |
| 7 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | 355C |
| 6 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-Boulder District | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 193 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 193 workings within 5 miles of Pactolus: 135 past producers, 33 occurrences, 18 producers, 3 prospects. 19 still produce. What was taken out: Tungsten, Gold, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Moon | Gold, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Blue Vein, Winnebago, Campania, Deadwood | Gold, Tungsten | Occurrence | Gold | |
| Champion, Lone Star | Gold, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Clark Tunnel | Tungsten, Silver, Gold | Unknown | ||
| Cougar, Greyback | Molybdenum, Tungsten | Occurrence | Molybdenite | |
| Ellis Lode | Gold, Garnet, Copper, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Fairheaven | Emery, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Golden Flint | Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | Pyrite | |
| Iowa Girl Lode | Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Lucky Strike, Last Nickel | Tungsten, Lead, Zinc | Producer | Ferberite, Galena |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Hills | 0.5 miles | 25 | |
| Rollinsville | 1.9 miles | 29 | |
| Pinecliffe | 2.1 miles | 25 | |
| Gilpin | 3.0 miles | 29 | |
| Phoenix (historical) | 3.8 miles | 29 | |
| Perigo (historical) | 4.4 miles | 29 | |
| Wideawake (historical) | 5.6 miles | 27 | |
| Baltimore (historical) | 5.9 miles | 29 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 181148. 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.









