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Pleasanton, Colorado

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Cotopaxi census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81222. It stands on Hayden Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cotopaxi quadrangle.

Pleasanton within Fremont County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

63 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Pleasanton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 122 acres in total. 21 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/undetermined30
Natural21
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Debris and open burning2
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
2 September 2009Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestMIDDLE RIDGE
13 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersCOTOPAXI
1 September 2000Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestSLIDE ROCK
6 August 2003Naturalunder an acreRoyal Gorge Field OfficeLONE PINE
22 August 2000Naturalunder an acreRoyal Gorge Field OfficeDEAD MAN
2 August 2012Naturalunder an acreRoyal Gorge Field OfficeHAYDEN BALDY
18 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFremont CountyUNKNOWN
14 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFremont CountyUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fremont County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 35 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Pleasanton: 12 past producers, 10 occurrences, 8 producers, 4 unknowns. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
BentonREEOccurrenceAllanite, Euxenite, Gadolinite, Monazite, Xenotime
Benton ProspectNiobium (Columbium), Tantalum, REE, ThoriumOccurrenceAllanite, Euxenite, Gadolinite, Monazite, Xenotime
Bill and Bud 2 and 4Uranium, Vanadium, ThoriumPast ProducerAllanite, Xenotime
Champion CalciteLimestone, GeneralProducerSedimentary
Coaldale Gypsum Quarry and PlantGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Cotopaxi DistrictZinc, Copper, Lead, Gold, SilverPast Producer1850, 1875, 1945
Cotopaxi MineCopper, Zinc, Gold, Silver, Lead, Iron, Molybdenum, TungstenPast Producer1875, 1967
Cotopaxi Pegmatite AreaNiobium (Columbium), Tantalum, REEOccurrenceAllanite, Euxenite, Gadolinite, Xenotime
Iron Dollar Gulch DepositIronOccurrenceHematite
Jones & Young LeaseFluorine-Fluorite, Feldspar, Quartz, BerylliumPast ProducerBeryl, Feldspar, Fluorite, Quartz

Every working recorded in Fremont 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
Coaldale0.5 miles18
Vallie2.4 miles19
Cotopaxi3.2 miles17
Howard7.4 miles19
Texas Creek9.5 miles15
Hillside10.0 miles16
Wellsville12.0 miles19
Echo12.3 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 203547. 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.