Tiger, Colorado
33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Breckenridge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80424. It lies near Brown Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Keystone quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 33 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.
- 1924 USGS Montezuma quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1926 USGS Montezuma quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1933 USGS Montezuma quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Keystone quadrangle1:24000, 8 printings
- 1958 USGS Montezuma quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Montezuma quadrangle1:62500
- 1983 USGS Denver West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
104 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Tiger (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8 acres in total. 13 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 61 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 18 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | White River National Forest | BERGMAN |
| 3 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Red White & Blue Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 26 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Red White & Blue Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 26 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lake Dillon Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 25 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | White River National Forest | RADICAL |
| 25 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | White River National Forest | WOLVERINE |
| 24 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lake Dillon Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 20 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Red White & Blue Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 113 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 113 workings within 5 miles of Tiger (historical): 52 past producers, 39 occurrences, 16 producers, 5 unknowns. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Copper, Gold, Silver, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bullion King | Lead, Silver, Zinc | Producer | ||
| Cally Mine | Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Carbonate Mine | Zinc, Silver, Lead | Producer | Anglesite, Galena | |
| Commodore Placer | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Como Claims | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Fox Lake Mine | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold | Producer | ||
| General Teller Lode | Silver, Lead, Zinc | Producer | Argentite, Barite, Galena, Sphalerite | |
| General Teller Mine | Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Hamilton | Silver, Gold, Lead | Producer | Pyrite, Sphalerite, Galena | |
| Harrison Tunnel | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkville (historical) | 1.8 miles | 23 | |
| Lincoln | 2.7 miles | 23 | |
| Rexford (historical) | 3.6 miles | 33 | |
| Preston (historical) | 3.6 miles | 31 | |
| Gold Hill | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Breckenridge | 4.9 miles | 31 | |
| Saints John (historical) | 5.4 miles | 33 | |
| Keystone | 5.5 miles | 33 |
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 Tiger (historical) | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27995433 | 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 203919. 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.










