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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.

Smeltertown within Chaffee County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

116 since 1996

Regional 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/undetermined77
Natural16
Recreation and ceremony9
Debris and open burning4
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking2
Fireworks2
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
5 September 2000Naturalunder an acreRoyal Gorge Field OfficeDEAD HORSE
23 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestUTE PILE
22 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSalida Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
2 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
2 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Arkansas Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
19 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSedgwick Volunteer Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
11 September 1996Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestBIG WALL
10 September 2011Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestLONGS GULCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chaffee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 67 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bonus Extension GroupBeryllium, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Mica, FeldsparProducer1955
Cleora DistrictCopper, Tungsten, GoldPast Producer1870
Grand View MineCopper, Tungsten, GoldPast Producer1890, 1905
MarvelMicaOccurrenceMica
Polly No 4Silver, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
Poncha SpringsGeothermalUnknown
R D H MillLead, Zinc, CopperPast Producer
Salt CreekGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
SedaliaCopper, Lead, Gold, Zinc, SilverPast Producer
Sedalia MineZinc, Copper, Gold, Silver, LeadPast Producer1878, 1883, 1923

Every working recorded in Chaffee 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
Salida1.2 miles17
Belleview1.9 miles19
Cleora3.3 miles17
Poncha Springs4.1 miles19
Browns Canon5.1 miles19
Turret6.5 miles15
Swan (historical)9.3 miles17
Maysville9.3 miles17

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.