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Quartzville, Colorado

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Fairplay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80420. It lies near Putnam Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Alma quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Quartzville within Park County

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 33 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

34 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Quartzville (historical) between 2002 and 2020, burning about 3 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined23
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1
Other causes1

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
5 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRed White & Blue Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
23 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreNorthwest Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
2 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRed White & Blue Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
18 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRed White & Blue Fire Protection DistrictN/A
21 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRed White & Blue Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
19 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlatte Canyon Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
6 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
30 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRed White & Blue Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Park County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 128 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 128 workings within 5 miles of Quartzville (historical): 68 past producers, 26 occurrences, 21 producers, 13 unknowns. 21 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Lead, Zinc, Silver. 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
Alma PlacersGold, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Beaver Creek Iron MineIron, SulfurPast Producer
Bemrose MineGold, Iron, SilverProducerPyrite, Pyrrhotite
Buckskin JoeSilver, Gold, Lead, Copper, ZincProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Buckskin JoeLead, Zinc, CopperProducerReplacement
Copper King ProspectFeldsparPast Producer
Criterion MineGold, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Detroit-HicksCopper, Silver, ZincPast Producer1894
Dolly Varden Et AlSilver, Gold, Copper, ZincOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Galena, Tetrahedrite
FredoniaSilver, Zinc, LeadProducer

Every working recorded in Park 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
Dudley (historical)3.3 miles33
Alma4.3 miles33
Park City (historical)4.7 miles33
Alma Junction5.6 miles33
Peabodys8.0 miles23
Fairplay9.2 miles23
Horseshoe (historical)9.7 miles23
Como10.0 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 179967. 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.