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Powderhorn, Colorado

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Sapinero census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81243. It lies near Stone Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Powderhorn quadrangle. It stands 8,097 feet above sea level.

Powderhorn within Gunnison County

On record in Powderhorn

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

17 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Powderhorn between 1996 and 2020, burning about 78 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
Natural13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning1

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
13 September 2009Natural3.1 acresSouthwest District, MontroseHUNTSMAN
2 August 1996Naturalunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseHUNTSMAN
5 July 2012Naturalunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseWEST FORK
26 July 2003Naturalunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseWPOWDERHOR
18 July 1998Natural1.0 acresSouthwest District, MontroseINDIAN CRK
5 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseGRAY HOUSE
30 June 2011Naturalunder an acreSouthwest District, Montrose9 MILE
30 June 2006Naturalunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseBEAVER CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gunnison County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 93 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 93 workings within 5 miles of Powderhorn: 52 occurrences, 21 past producers, 10 unknowns, 7 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Thorium, Lead, Copper, Zinc, REE, REE, Vermiculite. 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
Anaconda MineGold, Silver, Copper, ZincPast Producer1915
Beaver CreekZeolitesUnknown
Cebolla Hot SpringsGeothermalProducer
Copper King MineSilver, Gold, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite
Du Pont TunnelNiobium (Columbium), REE, Titanium, Metal, Iron, Manganese, Thorium, Zinc, Phosphorus-PhosphatesProspect1956
Iron Hill AreaFluorine-Fluorite, Vanadium, Iron, Manganese, QuartzPast Producer
Iron Hill Carbonatite DepositREE, Titanium, Niobium (Columbium), Iron, Copper, Platinum, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Mica, Barium-Barite, VermiculiteProspect1885
Ironcap MineGold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, LeadPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
May Queen MineLead, Copper, ThoriumOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Galena, Thorite
May Queen MineLead, Copper, Gold, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Gunnison County

Storms near this place

1 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Powderhorn in 1 storm report in 2021: 1 debris flow. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2021Debris FlowPowderhorn$2,500Highway 149 was closed due to mudslides that occurred between Elk Road and County Road 149A.

Every storm recorded in Gunnison 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
Midway (historical)5.1 miles16
Smith Place5.5 miles16
Gateview6.6 miles19
Vulcan (historical)6.9 miles16
Iola (historical)13.7 miles21
Sapinero16.7 miles24
Chance17.1 miles12
Gunnison20.6 miles14

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 PowderhornAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7236028The 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 204752. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.