Preston, Colorado

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.

• 1889 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:125000
• 1891 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
• 1934 USGS Climax quadrangle1:48000
• 1938 USGS Mount Lincoln quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
• 1938 USGS Mt. Lincoln quadrangle1:48000
• 1942 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:125000
• 1945 USGS Mount Lincoln quadrangle1:62500
• 1945 USGS Mt. Lincoln quadrangle1:62500
• 1957 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1959 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
• 1960 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1962 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
• 1964 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
• 1970 USGS Breckenridge quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
• 1983 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 163 fires within 5 miles of Preston (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 97 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 2 were 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Breckenridge
• Peak Seven West
• Lincoln
• Blue River
• Parkville (historical)
• Tiger (historical)

Every fire recorded in Summit County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 117 workings within 5 miles of Preston (historical): 48 past producers, 42 occurrences, 19 producers, 7 unknowns. 19 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Summit County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 203917. 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.