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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.

Tincup within Gunnison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

20 since 1993

Regional 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 ceremony15
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsTIN CUP
9 August 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsMIRROR LAKE
4 August 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsWILLOW CREEK #2
4 August 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsWILLOW CREEK #1
4 August 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forestsnot named
3 August 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsIOWA
5 July 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsTAYLOR CAMPFIRE
5 July 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsMURDIE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gunnison County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 79 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Atlantic, Mound, IndependenceSilver, Zinc, LeadProducer
Blistered Horn TunnelLead, Silver, Gold, Copper, ZincProducerVein
Buckhorn TunGold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, SilverPast Producer
ComplexLead, Silver, Tungsten, ZincPast Producer
CumberlandGold, Silver, IronProducerReplacement
Cumberland, Sinbad, York, Deadlock, MichiganSilver, LeadOccurrenceLead, Silver
El CapitanLead, Silver, Gold, CopperProducerCopper, Gold, Lead, Silver
Gold HillMolybdenum, Tungsten, Lead, Silver, GoldProducerHuebnerite, Molybdenite
Gold Hill TungstenTungsten, MolybdenumProducerHuebnerite, Molybdenite
GraphiteGraphiteProducerGraphite

Every working recorded in Gunnison County

Storms near this place

1 since 2008

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2008FloodTincup$10,000Snowmelt 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.

Every storm recorded in Gunnison County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Abbeyville1.8 miles16
Pitkin10.2 miles19
Campbelltown (historical)10.8 miles19
Pieplant Mill13.4 miles19
Ohio14.8 miles19
Whitepine15.4 miles20
Waunita Hot Springs16.7 miles19
Almont20.5 miles15

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.