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San Miguel, Colorado

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Telluride census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81435. It stands on Cornet Creek. The Survey maps it on the Telluride quadrangle.

San Miguel within San Miguel County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

33 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of San Miguel between 1994 and 2020, burning about 226 acres in total. 6 started naturally. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking3
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks1

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 2001Smokingunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsBLUE LAKE
12 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersMOUNTAIN VILLAGE
10 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTelluride Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
4 August 2017Naturalunder an acreTelluride Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
27 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTelluride Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
24 August 2007Naturalunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsPROSPECT BASIN
24 August 2007Naturalunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsLIFT 6
5 July 2003Fireworksunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsBEAR CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Miguel County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 141 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 141 workings within 5 miles of San Miguel: 110 past producers, 23 unknowns, 5 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, 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
Alta MineGold, Lead, Copper, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Animas AggregatesSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Atlanta TunnelGold, Lead, Thorium, Zinc, CopperPast Producer
Black Hawk TunnelGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Blue Bird MineSilver, Gold, Lead, CopperPast Producer1977
Columbia TunGold, Lead, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Court House-DynamoGold, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Deep Creek MineCalcium, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Deep Creek PlacerLimestone, GeneralPast Producer1968, 1975
HermitUranium, VanadiumPast Producer

Every working recorded in San Miguel 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
Telluride1.4 miles29
Mountain Village1.5 miles29
Keystone2.2 miles27
Liberty Bell2.3 miles29
Pandora2.8 miles29
Vance Junction3.4 miles27
Ilium3.5 miles27
Alta (historical)4.3 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 187110. 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.