BlockShirley, Colorado
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Salida census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81242. It stands on Grays Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mount Ouray quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 19 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 Bonanza quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Mount Ouray quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1982 USGS Saguache quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Mount Ouray quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
30 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Shirley (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 27 acres in total. 16 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 | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | PIPELINE |
| 1 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | TWIN FIR |
| 4 August 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | San Luis Valley Field Office | ROUND HILL GULCH |
| 2 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | HOOPSNAKE |
| 18 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | GREY'S |
| 18 August 2009 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | DRY LAKE GULCH |
| 18 August 1996 | Smoking | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | SILVER LINING |
| 9 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | PASS CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Shirley (historical): 9 past producers, 4 occurrences, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Perlite, Tungsten. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Buck and White Cloud Mica Claims | Mica | Occurrence | Muscovite | |
| Bonita Claims | Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | 1954, 1955, 1958 | |
| Bonita Group | Uranium | Past Producer | 1953 | |
| Clover Creek Dist | Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Friend Claims | Beryllium, Tantalum | Occurrence | ||
| Kismuth Mine | Gold, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Little Darling Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Little Darling Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Poncha Pass Claim | Tungsten, Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | Fluorite, Scheelite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poncha Springs | 6.7 miles | 19 | |
| Maysville | 8.5 miles | 17 | |
| Salida | 10.2 miles | 17 | |
| Cleora | 10.4 miles | 17 | |
| Smeltertown | 10.4 miles | 19 | |
| Belleview | 11.1 miles | 19 | |
| Garfield | 12.3 miles | 20 | |
| Browns Canon | 13.4 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 189875. 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.