Tomboy, Colorado
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Telluride census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81435. It lies near Ajax Peak. The Survey maps it on the Telluride 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 29 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 Telluride quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Telluride quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Telluride quadrangle1:24000, 8 printings
- 1955 USGS Telluride quadrangle1:62500, 5 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
12 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Tomboy (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 3 acres in total. 3 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 | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Telluride Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 24 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | LIFT 6 |
| 5 July 2003 | Fireworks | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | BEAR CREEK |
| 4 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 2 July 2013 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | HALF MOON |
| 13 July 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | not named |
| 1 July 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | RICHMOND |
| 30 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests | MAMMOTH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 283 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 283 workings within 5 miles of Tomboy (historical): 231 past producers, 41 unknowns, 4 occurrences, 4 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, Silver, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrus Mine | Gold, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Animas Aggregates | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Atlanta Tunnel | Gold, Lead, Thorium, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Barstow Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Black Bear | Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Camp Bird Mine | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | 1896, 1900 | |
| Cora Belle | Lead, Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | Pyrite | |
| Double Eagle | Gold, Thorium, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Galena Queen | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Hoffy | Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pandora | 1.7 miles | 29 | |
| Liberty Bell | 2.2 miles | 29 | |
| Telluride | 3.1 miles | 29 | |
| San Miguel | 4.4 miles | 29 | |
| Mountain Village | 5.4 miles | 29 | |
| Alta (historical) | 6.3 miles | 29 | |
| Keystone | 6.6 miles | 27 | |
| Ophir | 6.9 miles | 28 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 187139. 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.










