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Silver Springs, Colorado

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1994. It lies in ZIP code area 80470. It stands on Wisp Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bailey quadrangle.

Silver Springs within Park County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 29 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

163 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 163 fires within 5 miles of Silver Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,135 acres in total. 13 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined137
Natural13
Smoking6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1

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 2019Naturalunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
8 September 2013Naturalunder an acreNorth Fork Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlatte Canyon Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
3 September 1998Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestDENNY'S FIRST IN 98
29 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
27 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlatte Canyon Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
27 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlatte Canyon Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
27 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLarimer Countynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Park County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Silver Springs: 5 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Nickel, Beryllium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Becky SharpCopper, Gold, Lead, Silver, ZincPast ProducerUnderground
Hallack MineBeryllium, Feldspar, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer
Ruble ClaimsBeryllium, Copper, Feldspar, NickelPast Producer
UnknownStoneUnknown
ArlingtonGold, SilverUnknown1875
BarkerGold, SilverPast Producer1860
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
Osirio MineNickelOccurrenceReplacement
Osirio MineNickelPast Producer

Every working recorded in Park 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
Will-O-The-Wisp0.8 miles29
Bailey5.5 miles29
Insmont5.5 miles29
Estabrook5.5 miles29
Harris Park6.2 miles19
Glenisle6.9 miles18
Highland Park7.6 miles18
Shawnee8.8 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 183255. 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.