Steamboat II, Colorado
18 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 Slate Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mad Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 18 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
- 1957 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Mad Creek quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Walden quadrangle1:100000
- 2000 USGS Mad Creek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
24 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Steamboat II between 1992 and 2020, burning about 58 acres in total. 5 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/undetermined | 12 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Steamboat Springs Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 3 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Steamboat Springs Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 28 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Routt County | 44 |
| 8 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Steamboat Springs Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 3 August 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Denver County | UNKNOWN |
| 3 August 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Routt County | not named |
| 14 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Steamboat Springs Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 6 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Steamboat Springs Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Steamboat II: 8 past producers, 7 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal, Copper, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunset Claims | Copper, Gold | Occurrence | Copper, Gold | |
| Unknown | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Unknown Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Copper Ridge | Copper, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Routt Hot Springs | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Slate Creek | Copper, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Steamboat Springs | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Bear River Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hogue Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Steamboat II in 2 storm reports in 2008: 2 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2008 | Flood | Steamboat Ii | - | The Elk River near Milner exceeded flood stage and inundated low lying areas adjacent to the river, mainly consisting of pasture and farm land. Flooding continued into the following month. Please see the June 2008 Storm Data publication for a continuation on this event. |
| June 2008 | Flood | Steamboat Ii | - | This event began the last day of May and continued into June. The Elk River near Milner exceeded flood stage inundating low lying areas adjacent to the river, mainly pasture and farm land. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mad Creek | 4.1 miles | 18 | |
| Steamboat Springs | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Milner | 6.2 miles | 19 | |
| Mystic | 6.4 miles | 18 | |
| McGregor | 7.1 miles | 19 | |
| Bear River (historical) | 11.3 miles | 19 | |
| Haybro | 12.5 miles | 12 | |
| Mount Harris | 12.7 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 196767. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.











