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Saints John, Colorado

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Breckenridge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80435. It lies near Glacier Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Keystone quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Saints John within Summit County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

68 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Saints John (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 2 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
Recreation and ceremony25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Debris and open burning2
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2

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 2005Naturalunder an acreWhite River National ForestBERGMAN
7 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestWEBSTER
5 September 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWhite River National ForestMONTEZUMA
5 September 2000Naturalunder an acreWhite River National ForestTOWER 6
28 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreSummit CountyWEBSTER
26 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLake Dillon Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
26 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWhite River National ForestPORCUPINE
25 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWhite River National ForestRADICAL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Summit 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 Saints John (historical): 85 past producers, 32 producers, 10 occurrences, 1 unknown. 32 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Lead, 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
Allan Emory MineSilver, Zinc, Lead, Gold, CopperPast Producer1875
Aorta No 1Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Arrastre Queen MineSilver, GoldPast Producer1800, 1881
AtlanticLead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc, BismuthProducer
BellSilver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, GoldProducerArgentite, Galena, Gold, Proustite, Sphalerite
Blind TomLead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, ManganeseProducer
BullionZinc, Copper, Gold, Lead, SilverPast ProducerPyrite, Galena
Cashier MineCopper, Lead, Zinc, Gold, SilverProducerVein
FishermanLead, Silver, Gold, Copper, ZincPast ProducerSphalerite, Galena, Pyrite
Jones Gulch ClaimsGold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, LeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Summit 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
Montezuma1.0 miles31
Rexford (historical)2.7 miles33
Tiger (historical)5.4 miles33
Keystone5.9 miles33
Parkville (historical)6.2 miles23
Lincoln8.0 miles23
Gold Hill9.0 miles17
Preston (historical)9.1 miles31

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 182364. 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.