Smith Place, Colorado
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Sapinero census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81243. It lies near Rudolph Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Rudolph Hill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1908 USGS Uncompahgre quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1911 USGS Uncompahgre quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Rudolph Hill quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1968 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Smith Place between 1995 and 2017, burning about 62 acres in total. 9 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | CORRAL |
| 26 July 2003 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Southwest District, Montrose | RUDOLPH |
| 26 July 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | WPOWDERHOR |
| 30 June 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | BEAVER CREEK |
| 28 June 2010 | Natural | 3.7 acres | Southwest District, Montrose | SUNDERLAND |
| 25 June 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | FISH CREEK |
| 23 June 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | CEBOLLA |
| 18 June 2000 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Southwest District, Montrose | TEN MILE S |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 35 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Smith Place: 19 occurrences, 7 past producers, 6 prospects, 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Thorium, Copper, Lead, Zinc, REE, Vermiculite, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Creek | Zeolites | Unknown | ||
| Cebolla District | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | 1901 | |
| Du Pont Tunnel | Niobium (Columbium), REE, Titanium, Metal, Iron, Manganese, Thorium, Zinc, Phosphorus-Phosphates | Prospect | 1956 | |
| Iron Hill Area | Fluorine-Fluorite, Vanadium, Iron, Manganese, Quartz | Past Producer | ||
| Iron Hill Carbonatite Deposit | REE, Titanium, Niobium (Columbium), Iron, Copper, Platinum, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Mica, Barium-Barite, Vermiculite | Prospect | 1885 | |
| Powderhorn | Titanium, REE | Prospect | 1943 | |
| Powderhorn Deposit | Thorium, Niobium (Columbium), REE, Titanium | Prospect | 1880 | |
| Powderhorn Deposit | Titanium, Metal, Niobium (Columbium), REE, Thorium | Occurrence | 1880 | |
| Unknown | Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Lead, Silver, Zinc | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Powderhorn | 5.5 miles | 16 | |
| Midway (historical) | 9.8 miles | 16 | |
| Vulcan (historical) | 10.4 miles | 16 | |
| Gateview | 10.5 miles | 19 | |
| Iola (historical) | 19.0 miles | 21 | |
| Chance | 19.7 miles | 12 | |
| Sapinero | 21.9 miles | 24 | |
| Sillsville | 23.2 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 188532. 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.







