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Sargents, Colorado

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Cochetopa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81248. It stands on Marshall Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sargents quadrangle. It stands 8,478 feet above sea level.

Sargents within Saguache County

On record in Sargents

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

7 surveys from 13 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

18 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Sargents between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,799 acres in total. 11 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
Natural11
Recreation and ceremony3
Debris and open burning3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
20 August 2002Naturalunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsNELSON CREEK
2 August 2005Naturalunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsLONGBRANCH
15 August 2006Naturalunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsBIG BEND
6 July 2000Natural24 acresGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsCALF CREEK
28 July 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forestsnot named
15 July 2004Naturalunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsINDIAN CREEK
15 July 1994Naturalunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forestsnot named
14 July 2020Naturalunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsSTEEPY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saguache County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Sargents: 4 prospects, 3 occurrences, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Gold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
Indian Creek Bog Iron MinIronOccurrence
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Unnamed ProspectGold, SilverProspectUnknown
Apache #4UraniumOccurrence
Apache No. 4 ProspectUraniumProspectPitchblende
Big Indian GroupUraniumProspectAutunite, Uraninite
Indian Creek ClaimsUraniumPast Producer
Little Indian #6UraniumOccurrence
Little Indian No. 6 ProspectUraniumProspect1955

Every working recorded in Saguache County

Storms near this place

2 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sargents in 2 storm reports between 2021 and 2025: 1 heavy rain, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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
September 2025Tornado (EF1)Sargents-A brief tornado developed along the northern slopes of Sawtooth |Mountain during the early afternoon of September 13th, 2025. This |tornado was at approximately 11,300ft in elevation. It quickly |pushed eastward causing tree damage and then dissipated after |about 5 minutes. Images from Saguache County Emergency Management |and a damage scar recognized via satellite data, were used to |perform the damage survey. Both radar data and the environment |were supportive of a tornado at this location.
July 2021Heavy RainSargents-Heavy rainfall of 1.25 inches.

Every storm recorded in Saguache 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
Chester6.4 miles12
Bonita15.9 miles12
Bonanza16.3 miles17
Sedgewick (historical)16.6 miles17
Spook City16.7 miles12
Kerper City16.7 miles17
Alder20.0 miles16
Parkville20.7 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 SargentsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3475809The 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 204762. 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.