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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.

Peak Seven West within Summit County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 31 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

178 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined123
Recreation and ceremony25
Natural12
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Fireworks2
Debris and open burning1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLake Dillon Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLake Dillon Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
8 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWhite River National ForestMT ROYAL
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersBRECKENRIDGE
30 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreRed White & Blue Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
3 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRed White & Blue Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
3 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRed White & Blue Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
3 September 2002Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWhite River National ForestIRON SPRINGS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Summit County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 101 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Briar Rose MineGold, Zinc, Lead, Copper, SilverPast ProducerGalena, Pyrite
Bullion KingLead, Silver, ZincProducer
Cally MineGold, Copper, Silver, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Commodore PlacerGold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, LeadPast Producer
Como ClaimsUraniumUnknown
DunkinGold, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer1895
Fox Lake MineLead, Silver, Zinc, GoldProducer
HamiltonSilver, Gold, LeadProducerPyrite, Sphalerite, Galena
Harrison TunnelGold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, CopperPast Producer
HumbugMolybdenumOccurrenceFerrimolybdite, Molybdenite

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
Breckenridge1.8 miles31
Preston (historical)2.3 miles31
Gold Hill3.2 miles17
Wheeler Junction4.2 miles19
Copper Mountain4.2 miles19
Lincoln4.2 miles23
Blue River5.0 miles31
Masontown5.0 miles17

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 Q122596556The 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.