Rustic, Colorado
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Livermore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80512. It stands on Sevenmile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rustic quadrangle. It stands 7,165 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1916 USGS Home quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1920 USGS Home quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Rustic quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Fort Collins quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
102 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Rustic between 1992 and 2020, burning about 181 acres in total. 43 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 43 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | LAKEFIELD 2 |
| 8 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | PINGREE HILL |
| 8 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | PARROTT |
| 8 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | not named |
| 4 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | KIM |
| 26 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | LARIMER (COUNTY) |
| 26 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.9 acres | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | SWAMP LADY |
| 22 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | THREE WAY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 30 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Rustic: 18 occurrences, 10 past producers, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Uranium, Gold, Gold, Silver, Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berghof Lode | Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Big Mica Beryl Prospect | Mica, Silver, Lead, Gold, Nickel Laterite | Occurrence | 1966 | |
| Cash Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Chaney-Sims Beryl Mine | Feldspar, Beryllium, Mica | Producer | ||
| Chaney-Sims Beryl Prospects | Beryllium, Mica, Feldspar | Occurrence | 1935 | |
| Chaney-Suns Prospects | Beryllium | Occurrence | Beryl | |
| Little Bobby Vein | Gold, Copper, Lead | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Manhattan District | Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Uranium | Past Producer | 1941 | |
| Mayesville District | Uranium, Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Beryllium, Mica, Feldspar, Bismuth, REE | Past Producer | Beryl, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Muscovite, Pyrite, Uranophane | |
| Soda Springs Group | Uranium, Lead, Bismuth, REE, Silver | Past Producer | Galena, Uranophane |
Storms near this place
15 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rustic in 15 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 9 flash flood, 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. The reports record 4 deaths. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Rustic | 4 killed, $500,000 | A debris flow moved into Black Hollow Gulch and damaged or destroyed several structures including four homes. Four people in one of the homes perished when their residence washed away in the floodwaters. |
| July 2012 | Flash Flood | Rustic | $20,000 | Heavy rain produced flash flooding in the High Park burn area. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Rustic | $15,000 | Flash flooding occurred along Buckhorn Creek. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Rustic | $10,000 | Heavy rain produced localized flash flooding in the Black Hollow area. The flooding hampered ongoing recovery work in the area. |
| June 2023 | Flash Flood | Rustic | $5,000 | Heavy rain produced flooding along Sheep Creek which briefly blocked the roadway. Damage to the road was minor. |
| June 2023 | Flash Flood | Rustic | $5,000 | Localized flooding was observed along Rustic Road, which blocked the access to one residence. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Rustic | $5,000 | Heavy rain produced flash flooding along Highway 14 near Mile Markers 87-89. The area had to be blocked off until the floodwaters receded. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Rustic | $5,000 | Localized flash flooding occurred over Highway 14 near Mile Marker 80. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Rustic | $5,000 | Debris flows associated with flash flooding damaged several forest service roads. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Rustic | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Rustic | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rustic | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Rustic | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Lightning | Rustic | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rustic | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Echo | 0.2 miles | 17 | |
| Indian Meadows | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Manhattan (historical) | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Goodell Corner | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Idylwilde | 3.9 miles | 20 | |
| Eggers | 5.0 miles | 21 | |
| Red Feather Lakes | 7.1 miles | 17 | |
| Kinikinik | 8.4 miles | 20 |
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 Rustic | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7382483 | The 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 177128. 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.









