Tincup, Colorado
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Gunnison census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81210. It stands on East Willow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tincup quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1955 USGS Mount Harvard quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Tincup quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Gunnison quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Tincup quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
20 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Tincup between 1993 and 2013, burning about 2 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Natural | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | TIN CUP |
| 9 August 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | MIRROR LAKE |
| 4 August 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | WILLOW CREEK #2 |
| 4 August 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | WILLOW CREEK #1 |
| 4 August 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | not named |
| 3 August 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | IOWA |
| 5 July 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | TAYLOR CAMPFIRE |
| 5 July 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | MURDIE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 79 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 79 workings within 5 miles of Tincup: 33 producers, 25 occurrences, 12 past producers, 9 unknowns. 33 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Molybdenum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic, Mound, Independence | Silver, Zinc, Lead | Producer | ||
| Blistered Horn Tunnel | Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc | Producer | Vein | |
| Buckhorn Tun | Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Complex | Lead, Silver, Tungsten, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Cumberland | Gold, Silver, Iron | Producer | Replacement | |
| Cumberland, Sinbad, York, Deadlock, Michigan | Silver, Lead | Occurrence | Lead, Silver | |
| El Capitan | Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper | Producer | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver | |
| Gold Hill | Molybdenum, Tungsten, Lead, Silver, Gold | Producer | Huebnerite, Molybdenite | |
| Gold Hill Tungsten | Tungsten, Molybdenum | Producer | Huebnerite, Molybdenite | |
| Graphite | Graphite | Producer | Graphite |
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tincup in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2008 | Flood | Tincup | $10,000 | Snowmelt runoff caused some streams and creeks to exceed bankfull resulting in minor flooding. A seasonal stream came out of its banks and flooded the basement of a home south of Crested Butte and threatened a couple other homes. Heavy equipment was used to build some dikes and divert the water. Several homes were surrounded by water near the confluence of the Slate River and East River, which is about 7 miles southeast of Crested Butte and 10 miles north of Almont. The dirt roads leading to those residences were under 3 to 6 inches of water. Additionally, the East River overflowed at a few other locations which flooded pasture land. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbeyville | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Pitkin | 10.2 miles | 19 | |
| Campbelltown (historical) | 10.8 miles | 19 | |
| Pieplant Mill | 13.4 miles | 19 | |
| Ohio | 14.8 miles | 19 | |
| Whitepine | 15.4 miles | 20 | |
| Waunita Hot Springs | 16.7 miles | 19 | |
| Almont | 20.5 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 189089. 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.







