Texas Creek, Colorado
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Cotopaxi census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81223. It lies in Texas Creek Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Echo quadrangle. It stands 6,195 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1954 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Cotopaxi quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1962 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Echo quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Canon City quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
39 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Texas Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 23 acres in total. 25 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 | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Deer Mountain Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 12 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Royal Gorge Field Office | OWL |
| 8 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Deer Mountain Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 8 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Front Range District Office | KIRK |
| 6 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Royal Gorge Field Office | HINDMANGUL |
| 24 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Royal Gorge Field Office | TEXAS CREEK |
| 20 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Royal Gorge Field Office | ECHOCANYON |
| 2 August 2001 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Royal Gorge Field Office | FIVE POINT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 43 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 43 workings within 5 miles of Texas Creek: 18 occurrences, 11 past producers, 6 producers, 4 unknowns. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Feldspar, Uranium, Granite, Feldspar, Mica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bull Gulch | Mica, Beryllium | Past Producer | ||
| Bull Gulch Prospect | Mica, Feldspar, Beryllium, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium) | Prospect | Beryl, Feldspar, Mica | |
| Chief #1-5 Mine | Quartz, Feldspar, Beryllium, Lithium, REE | Producer | 1950, 1959 | |
| Cotopaxi Pegmatite Area | Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, REE | Occurrence | Allanite, Euxenite, Gadolinite, Xenotime | |
| Devil's Hole Quarry | Stone, Feldspar, Mica, Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Quartz | Past Producer | 1922, 1944 | |
| Florence Group | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Jim 3 Mine | Feldspar, Mica, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Beryllium, REE | Occurrence | Beryl, Microcline, Muscovite | |
| Misery Mines | Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | 1952 | |
| Navajo Claims | Uranium, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Texas Creek Prospect | Copper, Silver | Prospect | Bornite, Chalcopyrite |
Storms near this place
10 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Texas Creek in 10 storm reports between 1997 and 2022: 5 flash flood, 4 hail, 1 wildfire. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2002 | Wildfire | Texas Creek | $5,000,000 | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Flash Flood | Texas Creek | $75,000 | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Flash Flood | Texas Creek | $5,000 | County Road 27, north of Texas Creek, had several washouts. Fourteen people and their vehicles were stranded on the road, which leads to a popular recreation area. Washouts were as deep as 8 feet. In addition, dirt and rock debris washed into the Arkansas River which needed to be excavated from bridge abutements. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Texas Creek | - | Fremont county sheriff reported a rock slide on highway 50 at mile marker 261. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Texas Creek | - | Six feet of water with mud and debris in water crossings located between mile markers 10 and 14 along copper gulch road (cr28). |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Texas Creek | - | Three plush inches of water on county road 21 with damage to roads 2 and 6. |
| September 2015 | Hail | Texas Creek | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Texas Creek | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Texas Creek | - | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Hail | Texas Creek | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Echo | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Cotopaxi | 6.4 miles | 17 | |
| Sunset City | 8.7 miles | 24 | |
| Pleasanton | 9.5 miles | 17 | |
| Coaldale | 9.9 miles | 18 | |
| Vallie | 10.3 miles | 19 | |
| Hillside | 10.3 miles | 16 | |
| Fink | 11.8 miles | 24 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Texas Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16901446 | The 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 191788. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.








