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Rock Crossing, Colorado

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Huerfano Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81039. The Survey maps it on the Snowden Lake quadrangle.

Rock Crossing within Pueblo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Rock Crossing: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
UnknownFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Pueblo 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
Whiterock6.6 miles18
Cedar Crest9.6 miles14
Hamlet26.6 miles18
Nepesta27.5 miles19
Cedarwood28.7 miles15
Capers Spur (historical)32.4 miles16
Fort Reynolds33.2 miles19
Boone33.8 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 194215. 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.

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.