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Salina, Colorado

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Bald Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80302. It stands on Gold Run. The Survey maps it on the Boulder quadrangle.

Salina within Boulder County

On record in Salina

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 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 29 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

320 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 320 fires within 5 miles of Salina between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,716 acres in total. 54 started naturally. 10 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined187
Natural54
Recreation and ceremony31
Equipment and vehicle use15
Arson/incendiarism10
Smoking7
Debris and open burning6
Fireworks5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1

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
9 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresBoulder Fire Rescue DepartmentUNKNOWN
8 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandIA 657
7 September 1994Naturalunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandHAWKINS
7 September 1994Naturalunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandNORTH EAST SUGARLOAF
6 September 2010Debris and open burning6,382 acresRoyal Gorge Field OfficeFOURMILE CANYON
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandSLAUGHTERHOUSE
5 September 2013Natural1.0 acresLefthand Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersBOULDER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boulder County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 520 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 520 workings within 5 miles of Salina: 314 past producers, 157 occurrences, 42 producers, 5 unknowns. 42 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Uranium. 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
Beryl #2Niobium (Columbium), Feldspar, Beryllium, MicaProducerBeryl, Feldspar, Mica
Beryl No.1 & 2 ClaimsBeryllium, Mica, Niobium (Columbium), FeldsparPast Producer
Black Hope No OneREEPast Producer
Castle GulchGemstone, SilverPast Producer
Cobalt Gold Mining CoNickel, GoldPast Producer
Copper King MineCobalt, Copper, NickelPast Producer1880, 1940
Copper King Nickel MineCobalt, Nickel, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Niccolite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite
Elkhorn ProspectFeldspar, MicaOccurrence
EmmetClayPast Producer
Fairday MineUranium, Lead, Silver, Fluorine-FluoriteProducerGalena, Pitchblende, Pyrite

Every working recorded in Boulder 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
Crisman0.9 miles29
Sunshine1.1 miles29
Summerville1.2 miles28
Wallstreet1.3 miles28
Mountain Meadows1.9 miles28
Rowena2.0 miles28
Gold Run2.1 miles28
Gold Hill2.2 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 202585. 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.