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Stringtown, Colorado

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Leadville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80461. It lies near Pawnee Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Leadville South quadrangle.

Stringtown within Lake County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 30 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

77 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Stringtown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 25 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined34
Recreation and ceremony28
Natural5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2
Debris and open burning1
Fireworks1
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
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLake CountyCABIN
30 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestGOLF COURSE
28 September 1993Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresPike and San Isabel National Forestnot named
15 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestMAID OF ERIN
14 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLeadville / Lake County Fire RescueUNKNOWN
13 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLeadville / Lake County Fire RescueUNKNOWN
11 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFront Range District OfficeZION

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 336 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 336 workings within 5 miles of Stringtown: 291 past producers, 22 producers, 21 occurrences, 2 plants. 24 still produce. What was taken out: Zinc, Manganese, Lead, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Antioch QuarryStonePast Producer
Ball MountainLead, Silver, Zinc, GoldPast Producer
Ballard-President-Big SixIron, Silver, BismuthProducerReplacement
Black Cloud MillLead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, GoldPlant
Columbia TunnelLead, Zinc, SilverPast Producer
Elk & Grey Swan GroupLead, Copper, Gold, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Garibaldi TunnelLead, Zinc, Gold, SilverProducerGalena, Sphalerite
Hard To BeatUranium, GoldPast Producer
Hopemore MineLead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Iron, CopperPast Producer1997
IbexLead, Silver, Zinc, GoldPast ProducerPyrite

Every working recorded in Lake 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
Malta1.7 miles30
Leadville1.8 miles32
Leadville Junction2.0 miles32
Resurrection Mill2.2 miles30
Adelaide (historical)3.4 miles30
Oro (historical)3.6 miles30
Mount Massive Lakes5.7 miles30
Kobe7.2 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 180149. 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.