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Parkville, Colorado

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Breckenridge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80424. It lies near Georgia Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Boreas Pass quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Parkville within Summit County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 23 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

78 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Parkville (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6 acres in total. 7 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined43
Recreation and ceremony19
Natural7
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks2
Arson/incendiarism1
Debris and open burning1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 2005Naturalunder an acreWhite River National ForestBERGMAN
3 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRed White & Blue Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
26 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRed White & Blue Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
25 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWhite River National ForestRADICAL
25 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreWhite River National ForestWOLVERINE
20 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreRed White & Blue Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
2 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLake Dillon Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
19 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreRed White & Blue Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Summit County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 111 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 111 workings within 5 miles of Parkville (historical): 53 past producers, 36 occurrences, 16 producers, 5 unknowns. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, 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
Bullion KingLead, Silver, ZincProducer
Cally MineGold, Copper, Silver, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Carbonate MineZinc, Silver, LeadProducerAnglesite, Galena
Commodore PlacerGold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, LeadPast Producer
DunkinGold, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer1895
HamiltonSilver, Gold, LeadProducerPyrite, Sphalerite, Galena
Harrison TunnelGold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Horn PropertyUranium, REEOccurrence
I.X.L.Silver, Lead, Zinc, GoldProducerVein
Jessie MineLead, Zinc, Silver, GoldPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Summit 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
Tiger (historical)1.8 miles33
Lincoln2.0 miles23
Rexford (historical)3.8 miles33
Preston (historical)3.8 miles31
Breckenridge4.8 miles31
Dyersville (historical)5.7 miles23
Peak Seven West6.0 miles31
Gold Hill6.1 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 203893. 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.