Peak Seven West, Colorado
31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Breckenridge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80424. It lies near Cucumber Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Breckenridge quadrangle.
On record in Peak Seven West
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Masonic Placer Cemetery-Valley Brook Cemeterylisted 2014 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 31 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.
- 1889 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1934 USGS Climax quadrangle1:48000
- 1938 USGS Mount Lincoln quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1938 USGS Mt. Lincoln quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:125000
- 1945 USGS Mount Lincoln quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Mt. Lincoln quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Breckenridge quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
178 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 178 fires within 5 miles of Peak Seven West between 1992 and 2020, burning about 115 acres in total. 12 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 123 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 25 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lake Dillon Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lake Dillon Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | White River National Forest | MT ROYAL |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | BRECKENRIDGE |
| 30 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Red White & Blue Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 3 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Red White & Blue Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 3 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Red White & Blue Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 3 September 2002 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | White River National Forest | IRON SPRINGS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 101 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 101 workings within 5 miles of Peak Seven West: 39 past producers, 38 occurrences, 15 producers, 9 unknowns. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Briar Rose Mine | Gold, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | Galena, Pyrite | |
| Bullion King | Lead, Silver, Zinc | Producer | ||
| Cally Mine | Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Commodore Placer | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Como Claims | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Dunkin | Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | 1895 | |
| Fox Lake Mine | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold | Producer | ||
| Hamilton | Silver, Gold, Lead | Producer | Pyrite, Sphalerite, Galena | |
| Harrison Tunnel | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Humbug | Molybdenum | Occurrence | Ferrimolybdite, Molybdenite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breckenridge | 1.8 miles | 31 | |
| Preston (historical) | 2.3 miles | 31 | |
| Gold Hill | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Wheeler Junction | 4.2 miles | 19 | |
| Copper Mountain | 4.2 miles | 19 | |
| Lincoln | 4.2 miles | 23 | |
| Blue River | 5.0 miles | 31 | |
| Masontown | 5.0 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 Q122596556 | 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 169439. 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.














