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Placita, Colorado

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Snowmass Village census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81623. It lies near Bears Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Placita quadrangle.

Placita within Pitkin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

13 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Placita between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6 acres in total. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony2

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
12 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresGarfield Countynot named
23 August 2000Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionSTONEY
16 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarbondale & Rural Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
15 July 2004Naturalunder an acreWhite River National ForestHAWK CREEK
29 June 2012Naturalunder an acreWhite River National ForestDIAMOND
23 June 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWhite River National Forestnot named
19 June 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWhite River National ForestCHAIR CREEK
12 June 1994Naturalunder an acreWhite River National ForestMCSTUMP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pitkin County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Placita: 7 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Oil Sands, 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
Chair Creek TunnelBerylliumPast Producer
Galena Bell & Lincoln PrideGold, Silver, Granite, Stone, DimensionPast Producer
Genter MineGold, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Rapid Creek MineGold, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
TuscaroraSilver, Gold, Lead, ZincPast Producer
UnknownLead, IronPast Producer
UnknownOil SandsOccurrence
UnknownOil SandsOccurrence
UnknownLead, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pitkin 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
Redstone3.6 miles16
Snowmass Village18.1 miles25
Emma19.3 miles14
Wingo19.9 miles14
Snowmass20.1 miles19
Woody Creek22.1 miles19
Aspen23.9 miles26
Ashcroft25.1 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 175174. 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.