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Silver Springs, Colorado

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Bald Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80302. It lies near Farewell Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Gold Hill quadrangle.

Silver Springs within Boulder County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 28 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

239 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 239 fires within 5 miles of Silver Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,052 acres in total. 46 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined98
Recreation and ceremony59
Natural46
Equipment and vehicle use11
Debris and open burning7
Arson/incendiarism7
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking4
Other causes2
Fireworks1

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
8 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandIA 657
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNederland Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
8 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNederland Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
7 September 1994Naturalunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandNORTH EAST SUGARLOAF
7 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-Boulder Districtnot named
6 September 2010Debris and open burning6,382 acresRoyal Gorge Field OfficeFOURMILE CANYON
6 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-Boulder Districtnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boulder County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 525 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 525 workings within 5 miles of Silver Springs: 337 past producers, 130 occurrences, 42 producers, 10 unknowns. 43 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten, Silver, Gold, Silver. 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
Blue Bird MineCopper, Gold, Zinc, Lead, SilverPast ProducerUnderground
Brainard Lake PlantCopper, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Clark TunnelTungsten, Silver, GoldUnknown
Cobalt Gold Mining CoNickel, GoldPast Producer
Copper GlanceGold, CopperProducerVein
Copper GlanceGold, Talc-SoapstoneUnknown
Copper King MineCobalt, Copper, NickelPast Producer1880, 1940
Copper King Nickel MineCobalt, Nickel, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Niccolite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite
Cougar, GreybackMolybdenum, TungstenOccurrenceMolybdenite
Fairday MineUranium, Lead, Silver, Fluorine-FluoriteProducerGalena, Pitchblende, Pyrite

Every working recorded in Boulder 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
Switzerland Park1.4 miles28
Sunset1.6 miles28
Saint Ann Highlands2.0 miles25
Sugarloaf2.5 miles28
Bonanza Mountain Estates3.0 miles25
Tungsten (historical)3.2 miles25
Aspen Meadows3.5 miles25
Gold Run3.5 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 197816. 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.