Smeltertown, 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 81201. It stands on Ute Creek. The Survey maps it on the Salida West quadrangle.
On record in Smeltertown
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Pedro-Botz Houselisted 2015 · 0.0 miles away
Ohio-Colorado Smelting and Refining Company Smokestacklisted 1976 · 0.6 miles away
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
- 1956 USGS Poncha Springs quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1959 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Salida West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Gunnison quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Salida West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
116 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Smeltertown between 1996 and 2020, burning about 27 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined | 77 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Royal Gorge Field Office | DEAD HORSE |
| 23 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | UTE PILE |
| 22 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Salida Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 2 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | N/A |
| 2 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Arkansas Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 19 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sedgwick Volunteer Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 11 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | BIG WALL |
| 10 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | LONGS GULCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 67 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 67 workings within 5 miles of Smeltertown: 35 past producers, 23 occurrences, 7 producers, 2 unknowns. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Granite, Copper, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonus Extension Group | Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Mica, Feldspar | Producer | 1955 | |
| Cleora District | Copper, Tungsten, Gold | Past Producer | 1870 | |
| Grand View Mine | Copper, Tungsten, Gold | Past Producer | 1890, 1905 | |
| Marvel | Mica | Occurrence | Mica | |
| Polly No 4 | Silver, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Poncha Springs | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| R D H Mill | Lead, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Salt Creek | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Sedalia | Copper, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Sedalia Mine | Zinc, Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | 1878, 1883, 1923 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salida | 1.2 miles | 17 | |
| Belleview | 1.9 miles | 19 | |
| Cleora | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Poncha Springs | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Browns Canon | 5.1 miles | 19 | |
| Turret | 6.5 miles | 15 | |
| Swan (historical) | 9.3 miles | 17 | |
| Maysville | 9.3 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 189426. 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.







