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.
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
Rimrock Schoollisted 2000
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 24 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1908 USGS Uncompahgre quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1911 USGS Uncompahgre quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Sapinero quadrangle1:24000, 10 printings
- 1956 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2001 USGS Sapinero quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
12 since 1992Regional 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 ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 August 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Curecanti National Recreation Area | SOAP CREEK |
| 3 July 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Curecanti National Recreation Area | JUNCTION |
| 24 July 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Curecanti National Recreation Area | WEST ELK |
| 23 July 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | SOAP CREEK |
| 2 July 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | WEST ELK |
| 16 June 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | CUTOFF |
| 2 May 1996 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Southwest District, Montrose | BLUE MESA |
| 13 May 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | CHANCE GULCH |
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calcium Products Quarry | Calcium | Past Producer | ||
| Goss and Barnes Claims | Manganese | Prospect | 1919 | |
| Monte Queen | Silver, Gold | Occurrence | Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Last Chance Mine | Feldspar, Mica | Past Producer | 1936, 1937, 1957 | |
| Last Chance Mine | Feldspar, Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
4 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sapinero | 1 killed | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Debris Flow | Sapinero | $10,000 | Heavy 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 2002 | Wildfire | Sapinero | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Wildfire | Sapinero | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iola (historical) | 10.9 miles | 21 | |
| Gateview | 12.3 miles | 19 | |
| Midway (historical) | 15.4 miles | 16 | |
| Powderhorn | 16.7 miles | 16 | |
| Vulcan (historical) | 17.8 miles | 16 | |
| Gunnison | 20.8 miles | 14 | |
| Smith Place | 21.9 miles | 16 | |
| Chance | 24.0 miles | 12 |
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 Sapinero | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3709451 | The 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.








