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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 24 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 Canon City quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1892 USGS Canon City quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1892 USGS Canyon City quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Royal Gorge quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Mc Intyre Hills quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Canon City quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
47 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Front Range District Office | SOUTH RIM |
| 4 August 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Royal Gorge Field Office | POVERTY MTN COMPLEX |
| 4 August 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Royal Gorge Field Office | SPIKEBUCK |
| 3 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | ILSE |
| 3 August 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Royal Gorge Field Office | COPPER |
| 28 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 2 August 2001 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Royal Gorge Field Office | FIVE POINT |
| 16 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | 4TH NEWLIN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 47 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canon Dolomite Quarry | Dolomite | Producer | ||
| Columbine Mine | Copper, Zinc, Lead, Iron | Prospect | 1945 | |
| Copper Gulch Deposit | Uranium, Copper, Tungsten | Occurrence | Torbernite | |
| El Plomo Mine | Copper, Zinc, Iron, Silver | Past Producer | Chalcanthite, Chalcopyrite, Limonite, Sphalerite | |
| Good News No. 1 Property | Copper, Gold, Silver | Prospect | 1971 | |
| Grape Creek/Greenhorn District | Silver, Copper, Zinc, Gold, Lead, Thorium, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | 1943, 1945 | |
| Green Mountain Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Molybdenum | Past Producer | 1925, 1954 | |
| Green Mtn Mine | Vermiculite | Past Producer | ||
| Horseshoe Mine | Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Gold, Uranium, Iron | Past Producer | 1943, 1947 | |
| Iron Mountain Mine | Vanadium, Titanium, Metal, Iron | Past Producer | 1872, 1873 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sample | 5.3 miles | 26 | |
| Fink | 5.6 miles | 24 | |
| Buckskin Joe | 6.5 miles | 26 | |
| Echo | 6.8 miles | 15 | |
| Texas Creek | 8.7 miles | 15 | |
| Cañon City | 9.5 miles | 24 | |
| Prospect Heights | 9.6 miles | 24 | |
| Lincoln Park | 10.5 miles | 24 |
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.











