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Sunset City, Colorado

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Cotopaxi census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81223. It lies near East Sunset City Gulch. The Survey maps it on the McIntyre Hills quadrangle.

Sunset City within Fremont County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

47 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Sunset City between 1992 and 2019, burning about 3,451 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 1 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
Natural33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
4 September 2018Naturalunder an acreFront Range District OfficeSOUTH RIM
4 August 2010Naturalunder an acreRoyal Gorge Field OfficePOVERTY MTN COMPLEX
4 August 1995Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresRoyal Gorge Field OfficeSPIKEBUCK
3 August 2000Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestILSE
3 August 1992Naturalunder an acreRoyal Gorge Field OfficeCOPPER
28 August 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
2 August 2001Natural2.0 acresRoyal Gorge Field OfficeFIVE POINT
16 August 2000Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National Forest4TH NEWLIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fremont County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 47 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 47 workings within 5 miles of Sunset City: 18 past producers, 12 prospects, 11 occurrences, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Feldspar, Silver, Tungsten. 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
Canon Dolomite QuarryDolomiteProducer
Columbine MineCopper, Zinc, Lead, IronProspect1945
Copper Gulch DepositUranium, Copper, TungstenOccurrenceTorbernite
El Plomo MineCopper, Zinc, Iron, SilverPast ProducerChalcanthite, Chalcopyrite, Limonite, Sphalerite
Good News No. 1 PropertyCopper, Gold, SilverProspect1971
Grape Creek/Greenhorn DistrictSilver, Copper, Zinc, Gold, Lead, Thorium, Barium-BaritePast Producer1943, 1945
Green Mountain MineCopper, Silver, Gold, Zinc, MolybdenumPast Producer1925, 1954
Green Mtn MineVermiculitePast Producer
Horseshoe MineLead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Gold, Uranium, IronPast Producer1943, 1947
Iron Mountain MineVanadium, Titanium, Metal, IronPast Producer1872, 1873

Every working recorded in Fremont 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
Sample5.3 miles26
Fink5.6 miles24
Buckskin Joe6.5 miles26
Echo6.8 miles15
Texas Creek8.7 miles15
Cañon City9.5 miles24
Prospect Heights9.6 miles24
Lincoln Park10.5 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 201739. 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.