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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 30 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.
- 1889 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1935 USGS Mount Elbert quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1935 USGS Mt Elbert quadrangle1:62500
- 1938 USGS Mount Elbert quadrangle1:62500
- 1939 USGS Mount Elbert quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:125000
- 1957 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Leadville South quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1983 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Leadville South quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
77 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 34 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 28 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | N/A |
| 5 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lake County | CABIN |
| 30 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | GOLF COURSE |
| 28 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | not named |
| 15 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | MAID OF ERIN |
| 14 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Leadville / Lake County Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 13 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Leadville / Lake County Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 11 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Front Range District Office | ZION |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 336 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antioch Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Ball Mountain | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Ballard-President-Big Six | Iron, Silver, Bismuth | Producer | Replacement | |
| Black Cloud Mill | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Gold | Plant | ||
| Columbia Tunnel | Lead, Zinc, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Elk & Grey Swan Group | Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Garibaldi Tunnel | Lead, Zinc, Gold, Silver | Producer | Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Hard To Beat | Uranium, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Hopemore Mine | Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Iron, Copper | Past Producer | 1997 | |
| Ibex | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold | Past Producer | Pyrite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malta | 1.7 miles | 30 | |
| Leadville | 1.8 miles | 32 | |
| Leadville Junction | 2.0 miles | 32 | |
| Resurrection Mill | 2.2 miles | 30 | |
| Adelaide (historical) | 3.4 miles | 30 | |
| Oro (historical) | 3.6 miles | 30 | |
| Mount Massive Lakes | 5.7 miles | 30 | |
| Kobe | 7.2 miles | 30 |
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.














