BlockPearl, Colorado
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Walden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80480. It stands on Wheeler Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pearl quadrangle. It stands 8,406 feet above sea level.
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Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 22 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.
- 1911 USGS Hahns Peak quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1913 USGS Hahns Peak quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Pearl quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Pearl quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Walden quadrangle1:100000
- 2000 USGS Pearl quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
20 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Pearl between 1993 and 2016, burning about 38,390 acres in total. 13 started naturally. None 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 | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | not named |
| 9 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | TROUTMAN |
| 8 August 2004 | Natural | 2.9 acres | Northwest District, Craig | WHEELERCRE |
| 24 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | BIG CREEK |
| 2 August 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | BIG CREEK #1 CAMPFIR |
| 2 August 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | BIG CREEK #2 CAMPFIR |
| 13 August 2010 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Northwest District, Craig | WHEELER CREEK |
| 7 July 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | BEAVER |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 27 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Pearl: 19 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Silver, Gold, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Unnamed Smelter | Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead | Plant | ||
| Caprock deposit | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Gold | Prospect | ||
| King Claims | Uranium, REE, Thorium | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Vermiculite | Occurrence | Vermiculite | |
| Wolverine Mine | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Zirkel Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Grand Republic | Copper, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Copper, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Copper, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Copper, Silver | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Boettcher | 12.5 miles | 25 | |
| Northgate | 15.1 miles | 21 | |
| Cowdrey | 15.1 miles | 17 | |
| Kings Canyon | 17.4 miles | 18 | |
| Brownlee | 19.5 miles | 17 | |
| Walden | 22.4 miles | 16 | |
| Hebron | 27.9 miles | 15 | |
| Larand | 28.4 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.
| Wikipedia article on Pearl | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27988064 | 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 169971. 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.