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Tolland, Colorado

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Central City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80422. It lies near Boulder Park. The Survey maps it on the Nederland quadrangle.

Tolland within Gilpin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 29 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

86 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Tolland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 3 were 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 ceremony35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism3
Fireworks1
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNederland Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
8 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandSITE 11 FIRE
8 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandEAST PORTAL
7 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland355C
5 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNederland Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
5 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland512
5 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandTWELVE POINT FIVE
28 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandCRATER LAKES

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gilpin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 169 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 169 workings within 5 miles of Tolland: 84 past producers, 64 occurrences, 21 producers. 21 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Silver. 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
Belfast & ShamrockLead, Zinc, Cadmium, Copper, GoldPast Producer1863
Big MoonGold, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Boulder Co. MineSilver, Gold, Tungsten, LeadOccurrenceVein
Caribou Mine (based on DMEA uranium report)Zinc, Gold, Lead, Silver, UraniumPast Producer1869
Ellis LodeGold, Garnet, Copper, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Evergreen, Gold Standard, Nancy LeeCopper, Gold, SilverProducerCopper, Gold, Silver
FairheavenEmery, SilverPast Producer
IngramCopper, Gold, Silver, LeadProducerVein
Little Melvin LodeGemstone, Lead, Silver, Zinc, CopperPast Producer
Margret OliveGold, Zinc, Silver, Copper, LeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Gilpin 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
Baltimore (historical)0.8 miles29
American City (historical)2.2 miles27
Nugget2.9 miles27
Apex (historical)2.9 miles27
East Portal2.9 miles28
Phoenix (historical)3.3 miles29
Perigo (historical)3.6 miles29
Gilpin4.4 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 181024. 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.