Sedgewick, Colorado

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Saguache census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81155. It stands on Brewery Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bonanza quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Sedgewick within Saguache County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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.

1956 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1959 USGS Bonanza quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
1959 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1968 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000
1980 USGS Bonanza quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1982 USGS Saguache quadrangle1:100000
2001 USGS Bonanza quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

7 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Sedgewick (historical) between 1992 and 2013, burning about 4 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 1 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	5
Recreation and ceremony	1
Arson/incendiarism	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
3 August 2008	Natural	under an acre	Rio Grande National Forest	ELKHORN
16 July 1995	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Saguache County	not named
6 June 2013	Natural	2.0 acres	Rio Grande National Forest	SQUIRREL
29 June 2012	Natural	under an acre	Rio Grande National Forest	ELK HORN PEAK
25 June 2006	Natural	under an acre	Rio Grande National Forest	KELLY
19 May 2006	Natural	under an acre	Rio Grande National Forest	SLAUGHTER
14 October 1992	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Rio Grande National Forest	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saguache County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 183 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 183 workings within 5 miles of Sedgewick (historical): 145 past producers, 35 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Lead, Zinc, Silver. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Antoro Mine	Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Gold	Past Producer	1882, 1959
Atlantic Mine	Gold, Silver, Copper	Past Producer
Baltimore Mine	Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer	1926
Black Bess Mine	Zinc, Lead, Silver	Past Producer	Galena, Sphalerite
Bonanza	Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Lead	Past Producer
Bonanza - Kerber Creek District	Lead, Gold, Copper, Silver, Manganese, Zinc, Titanium, Bismuth, Antimony, Tellurium	Occurrence	1879, 1880, 1969
Bonanza Mill	Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer
Burlington Mine	Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Chloride Mine	Lead, Zinc, Copper	Past Producer	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Chloride Mine	Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper	Past Producer

Every working 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Kerper City	0.4 miles	17
Bonanza	1.1 miles	17
Spook City	4.3 miles	12
Parkville	4.4 miles	12
Bonita	4.8 miles	12
Alder	8.5 miles	16
Chester	10.4 miles	12
Villa Grove	10.7 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 189937. 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.