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Saint Elmo, Colorado

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Buena Vista census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81236. It stands on North Fork Chalk Creek. The Survey maps it on the Saint Elmo quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Saint Elmo within Chaffee County

On record in Saint Elmo

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

25 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Saint Elmo (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 19 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 3 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.

Reported cause Fires
Natural8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Recreation and ceremony5
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Debris and open burning1
Smoking1

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
4 September 2013Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestWELDON GULTCH
28 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestBIG GRASSY
20 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestALPINE
16 September 2018Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestGROUSE CANYON
15 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChaffee CountyALPINE LAKE
15 September 2007Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestCOAL CREEK
12 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestPTARMIGAN LAKE
4 August 2000Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestCOAL CAMP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chaffee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Saint Elmo (historical): 21 past producers, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc. 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
Alpine No OneGranitePast Producer
Beryl Gem ClaimsBeryllium, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium)OccurrenceVein
Black HawkCopper, Zinc, Gold, LeadPast Producer
Buckhorn TunGold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Carey MillGold, Silver, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
DmdMolybdenumOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Molybdenite
Garfield QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Iron Chest MineGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Mary Murphy GroupSilver, Gold, Zinc, Lead, CopperPast ProducerVein
Mary Murphy MineZinc, Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, ManganesePast Producer1949

Every working recorded in Chaffee 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
Iron City (historical)0.6 miles20
Romley (historical)2.4 miles20
Alpine (historical)3.8 miles20
Hancock (historical)4.5 miles20
Stonewall (historical)5.1 miles20
Shavano (historical)7.7 miles20
Garfield11.0 miles20
Centerville13.6 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 204756. 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.