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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.

Rustic within Larimer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

102 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural43
Recreation and ceremony27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Smoking6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandLAKEFIELD 2
8 September 1998Naturalunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandPINGREE HILL
8 September 1998Naturalunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandPARROTT
8 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grasslandnot named
4 September 2001Naturalunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandKIM
26 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersLARIMER (COUNTY)
26 September 2005Recreation and ceremony1.9 acresArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandSWAMP LADY
22 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandTHREE WAY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Larimer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 30 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Berghof LodeGold, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Big Mica Beryl ProspectMica, Silver, Lead, Gold, Nickel LateriteOccurrence1966
Cash MineGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, ZincOccurrenceVein
Chaney-Sims Beryl MineFeldspar, Beryllium, MicaProducer
Chaney-Sims Beryl ProspectsBeryllium, Mica, FeldsparOccurrence1935
Chaney-Suns ProspectsBerylliumOccurrenceBeryl
Little Bobby VeinGold, Copper, LeadOccurrenceVein
Manhattan DistrictGold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead, UraniumPast Producer1941
Mayesville DistrictUranium, Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Beryllium, Mica, Feldspar, Bismuth, REEPast ProducerBeryl, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Muscovite, Pyrite, Uranophane
Soda Springs GroupUranium, Lead, Bismuth, REE, SilverPast ProducerGalena, Uranophane

Every working recorded in Larimer County

Storms near this place

15 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2021Flash FloodRustic4 killed, $500,000A 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 2012Flash FloodRustic$20,000Heavy rain produced flash flooding in the High Park burn area.
August 2022Flash FloodRustic$15,000Flash flooding occurred along Buckhorn Creek.
July 2021Flash FloodRustic$10,000Heavy rain produced localized flash flooding in the Black Hollow area. The flooding hampered ongoing recovery work in the area.
June 2023Flash FloodRustic$5,000Heavy rain produced flooding along Sheep Creek which briefly blocked the roadway. Damage to the road was minor.
June 2023Flash FloodRustic$5,000Localized flooding was observed along Rustic Road, which blocked the access to one residence.
July 2021Flash FloodRustic$5,000Heavy rain produced flash flooding along Highway 14 near Mile Markers 87-89. The area had to be blocked off until the floodwaters receded.
July 2021Flash FloodRustic$5,000Localized flash flooding occurred over Highway 14 near Mile Marker 80.
July 2021Flash FloodRustic$5,000Debris flows associated with flash flooding damaged several forest service roads.
August 2023HailRustic-no account filed
August 2020HailRustic-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindRustic-no account filed
June 1996HailRustic-no account filed
August 1996LightningRustic-no account filed
June 1994Thunderstorm WindRustic-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Larimer 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
Glen Echo0.2 miles17
Indian Meadows1.6 miles17
Manhattan (historical)2.5 miles17
Goodell Corner2.5 miles17
Idylwilde3.9 miles20
Eggers5.0 miles21
Red Feather Lakes7.1 miles17
Kinikinik8.4 miles20

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 RusticAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7382483The 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.