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Stratton, Colorado

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Cripple Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80813. It lies near Globe Hill. The Survey maps it on the Cripple Creek South quadrangle. It stands 10,394 feet above sea level.

Stratton within Teller County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 26 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

74 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Stratton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 270 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined31
Natural21
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Debris and open burning2
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1

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
8 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTeller Countynot named
4 September 2009Naturalunder an acreRoyal Gorge Field OfficePISGAH
28 September 1993Smoking4.0 acresRoyal Gorge Field OfficeOIL CREEK
23 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCripple Creek Fire & Emergency ServicesUNKNOWN
23 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCripple Creek Fire & Emergency ServicesUNKNOWN
6 August 2002Naturalunder an acreRoyal Gorge Field OfficeBARNARD
4 August 2000Naturalunder an acreRoyal Gorge Field OfficePONY GULCH
24 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCripple Creek Fire & Emergency ServicesUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Teller County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 514 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 514 workings within 5 miles of Stratton: 487 past producers, 16 producers, 8 occurrences, 2 plants. 18 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
C.K. & N. Lode, El Paso, Moon AnchorGold, Silver, TelluriumProducerVein
CaledoniaFeldsparPast ProducerUnderground
Cripple Creek DistrictGold, Semiprecious Gemstone, Antimony, Silver, Mercury, TelluriumProducerCalaverite, Gold, Sylvanite, Turquoise, Krennerite
Florence Lode ClaimGemstoneProducerTurquoise
Gedney TitaniumTitaniumPast Producer
Hull CityGold, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Portland No 2Sand and Gravel, Construction, GoldOccurrence
Ajax MineFluorine-FluoritePast Producer
Flourine Mining Claim Ms#9800Gold, Fluorine-FluoriteProducer
GenevieveUraniumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Teller 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
Fairview0.5 miles26
Midway0.7 miles26
Altman (historical)1.2 miles26
Independence (historical)1.3 miles26
Anaconda (historical)1.3 miles26
Cripple Creek1.5 miles26
Elkton1.8 miles26
Beacon Hill1.9 miles26

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q21551728The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 191289. 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.