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.
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 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.
- 1956 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Sargents quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1968 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Saguache quadrangle1:100000
- 2001 USGS Sargents quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
18 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | NELSON CREEK |
| 2 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | LONGBRANCH |
| 15 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | BIG BEND |
| 6 July 2000 | Natural | 24 acres | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | CALF CREEK |
| 28 July 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | not named |
| 15 July 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | INDIAN CREEK |
| 15 July 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | not named |
| 14 July 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | STEEPY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Creek Bog Iron Min | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Gold, Silver | Prospect | Unknown | |
| Apache #4 | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Apache No. 4 Prospect | Uranium | Prospect | Pitchblende | |
| Big Indian Group | Uranium | Prospect | Autunite, Uraninite | |
| Indian Creek Claims | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Little Indian #6 | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Little Indian No. 6 Prospect | Uranium | Prospect | 1955 |
Storms near this place
2 since 2021Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | Tornado (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 2021 | Heavy Rain | Sargents | - | Heavy rainfall of 1.25 inches. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chester | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Bonita | 15.9 miles | 12 | |
| Bonanza | 16.3 miles | 17 | |
| Sedgewick (historical) | 16.6 miles | 17 | |
| Spook City | 16.7 miles | 12 | |
| Kerper City | 16.7 miles | 17 | |
| Alder | 20.0 miles | 16 | |
| Parkville | 20.7 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 Sargents | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3475809 | 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 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.







