BlockThistledown, Colorado
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Ouray census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81427. It stands on Weehawken Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ironton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 28 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.
- 1897 USGS Silverton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Silverton quadrangle1:62500
- 1902 USGS Silverton quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1945 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Silverton quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Silverton quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
23 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Thistledown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10 acres in total. 13 started naturally. None 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 | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2004 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | ANGEL |
| 8 August 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | ANGEL |
| 28 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | not named |
| 20 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | SILVER GULCH |
| 11 August 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | not named |
| 8 July 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | HORSETHIEF |
| 7 July 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | HORSETHIEF |
| 30 July 2000 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | CORBETT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 188 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 188 workings within 5 miles of Thistledown: 169 past producers, 7 occurrences, 6 producers, 4 unknowns. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American-Nettie | Gold, Copper, Zinc, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | Galena, Pyrargyrite | |
| Bay City Mill | Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Camp Bird Mine | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | 1896, 1900 | |
| Free Gold | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Gold King | Lead, Copper, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Grand Veiw | Silver, Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Ironton Park Bog Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Keno - Patsie Et Al Claims | Silver, Lead, Copper | Producer | Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena | |
| Laura Dunmore | Gold, Lead, Zinc, Uranium, Silver | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Lucky Twenty Mine | Zinc, Lead, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Bird | 2.0 miles | 28 | |
| Ouray | 2.5 miles | 26 | |
| Sneffels (historical) | 2.9 miles | 28 | |
| Ironton | 4.3 miles | 28 | |
| Guston (historical) | 5.4 miles | 28 | |
| Portland | 6.1 miles | 26 | |
| Ridgway | 11.5 miles | 16 | |
| Dallas | 13.3 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 187267. 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.