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Sapinero, Colorado

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Sapinero census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81230. It stands on Soap Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sapinero quadrangle. It stands 7,621 feet above sea level.

Sapinero within Gunnison County

On record in Sapinero

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 24 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

12 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Sapinero between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11 acres in total. 2 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
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural2
Debris and open burning1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
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
22 August 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCurecanti National Recreation AreaSOAP CREEK
3 July 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCurecanti National Recreation AreaJUNCTION
24 July 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCurecanti National Recreation AreaWEST ELK
23 July 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsSOAP CREEK
2 July 2006Naturalunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsWEST ELK
16 June 2010Smokingunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseCUTOFF
2 May 1996Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouthwest District, MontroseBLUE MESA
13 May 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsCHANCE GULCH

Every fire recorded in Gunnison County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Sapinero: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Feldspar, Mica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese. 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
Calcium Products QuarryCalciumPast Producer
Goss and Barnes ClaimsManganeseProspect1919
Monte QueenSilver, GoldOccurrenceGalena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Last Chance MineFeldspar, MicaPast Producer1936, 1937, 1957
Last Chance MineFeldspar, MicaPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSedimentary

Every working recorded in Gunnison County

Storms near this place

4 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sapinero in 4 storm reports between 1996 and 2021: 2 wildfire, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 debris flow. The reports record 1 death. 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
October 1996Thunderstorm WindSapinero1 killedno account filed
August 2021Debris FlowSapinero$10,000Heavy rain in the Cimarrons produced intermittent flash flooding and a debris flow of rocks and branches on National Forest Service Road 861.1 (Middle Fork Road), near the Owl Creek Pass junction.
June 2002WildfireSapinero-no account filed
July 2002WildfireSapinero-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Gunnison 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
Iola (historical)10.9 miles21
Gateview12.3 miles19
Midway (historical)15.4 miles16
Powderhorn16.7 miles16
Vulcan (historical)17.8 miles16
Gunnison20.8 miles14
Smith Place21.9 miles16
Chance24.0 miles12

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 SapineroAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3709451The 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 188204. 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.