BlockPieplant Mill, Colorado
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Gunnison census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81210. The Survey maps it on the Pieplant quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1934 USGS Taylor Park quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1937 USGS Taylor Park quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Pieplant quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1968 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Gunnison quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Pieplant quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
17 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Pieplant Mill between 1993 and 2020, burning about 3 acres in total. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | LOST |
| 1 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | TAYLOR PARK #1 |
| 3 August 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | not named |
| 29 August 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | PIE PLANT |
| 22 August 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | RED MOUNTAIN CREEK |
| 18 August 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | ITALIAN #1 |
| 18 August 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | ITALIAN #2 |
| 17 August 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | ILLINOIS CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Pieplant Mill: 5 occurrences, 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Lead, Silver, Zinc, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Hill | Zinc, Lead, Silver | Producer | Sphalerite | |
| Forest Hill Mine | Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Matchless Gr. | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Paymaster Mine | Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Pieplant Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Gold Field #2 Placer | Gold | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Gold Gulches #1 & 2, Homestake | Gold | Occurrence | Gold | |
| Hyde Park, Kensington Placers | Gold | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Northwestern, Idalia Placers | Gold | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Pieplant Creek Placers | Gold | Producer | Placer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbeyville | 11.6 miles | 16 | |
| Tincup | 13.4 miles | 16 | |
| Mount Crested Butte | 21.8 miles | 26 | |
| Campbelltown (historical) | 22.5 miles | 19 | |
| Pitkin | 22.8 miles | 19 | |
| Gothic | 22.9 miles | 26 | |
| Crested Butte | 23.2 miles | 23 | |
| Almont | 24.2 miles | 15 |
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 Q122548510 | 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 188832. 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.