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Sillsville, Colorado

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Gunnison census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81230. The Survey maps it on the Iris quadrangle.

Sillsville within Gunnison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

11 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Sillsville between 2003 and 2020, burning about 8 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 were 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
Arson/incendiarism7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning1

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
9 July 2003Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresSouthwest District, MontroseHWY 114 2
9 July 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseHWY 114
9 July 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseKRUGER GU4
14 July 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseCAMP K 3
10 July 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseKRUGER GU3
10 July 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseKRUGER GU1
10 July 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseKRUGER GU2
1 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseCAMP KE 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gunnison County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 33 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Sillsville: 21 past producers, 4 unknowns, 4 producers, 3 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Gold, Lead. 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
Alaska MineCopper, Zinc, Silver, Gold, LeadPast Producer1892, 1952
Alaska Yukon MineGold, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Black Cat MineGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, ZincPast Producer1907
Black Cat MineLead, Copper, Gold, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Denver CityGold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, SilverPast Producer
Denver City MineZinc, Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Selenium, TelluriumPast Producer1898
Green Mountain DistrictGold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Selenium, TelluriumPast Producer1934
Hathaway MineGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, ZincPast Producer1897
Hathaway MineGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, ZincPast Producer
K OGold, Lead, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Gunnison 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
Parlin4.2 miles20
Chance4.7 miles12
Doyleville8.0 miles12
Gunnison11.1 miles14
Ohio11.5 miles19
Waunita Hot Springs14.2 miles19
Vulcan (historical)14.5 miles16
Campbelltown (historical)15.4 miles19

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.

Wikidata item Q122545574The 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 189630. 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.