BlockSlavonia, Colorado
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Steamboat Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80487. It stands on Mica Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mount Zirkel quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 23 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.
- 1911 USGS Hahns Peak quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1913 USGS Hahns Peak quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Mount Zirkel quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1956 USGS Pearl quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Walden quadrangle1:100000
- 2000 USGS Mount Zirkel quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
34 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Slavonia between 1992 and 2020, burning about 594 acres in total. 28 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 | 28 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | UTE PASS |
| 3 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | SLAVONIA |
| 3 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | not named |
| 17 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | not named |
| 16 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | ENGLISH CREEK |
| 14 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | not named |
| 11 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | GUSTO |
| 10 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | GILPIN |
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Slavonia: 7 occurrences, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Mica, REE, Copper, Gold, Lead, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ace High Claims | Copper, Vanadium, Uranium | Occurrence | 1955 | |
| Dennis D Claims | Uranium, Rhenium | Occurrence | Euxenite | |
| Dennis D. Claims | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Lower Slavonia | Zinc, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Slavonia Mine | Mica, Zinc, Lead, Beryllium | Past Producer | ||
| Temple Prospect | REE | Occurrence | Monazite | |
| Unknown | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Zinc Mountain | Zinc, Copper, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| King Lode Claims | Mica | Occurrence | Mica |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Eden | 12.1 miles | 20 | |
| Clark | 12.6 miles | 20 | |
| Columbine | 14.7 miles | 20 | |
| Mad Creek | 18.0 miles | 18 | |
| Mystic | 21.4 miles | 18 | |
| Steamboat Springs | 21.7 miles | 12 | |
| Steamboat II | 21.9 miles | 18 | |
| Milner | 26.6 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 196723. 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.