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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.

Tomboy within San Miguel 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

12 since 1994

Regional 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
Natural3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Debris and open burning1
Fireworks1

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
10 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTelluride Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
24 August 2007Naturalunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsLIFT 6
5 July 2003Fireworksunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsBEAR CREEK
4 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
2 July 2013Natural1.0 acresGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsHALF MOON
13 July 1994Naturalunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forestsnot named
1 July 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsRICHMOND
30 June 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsMAMMOTH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Miguel County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 283 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Andrus MineGold, Copper, Zinc, Lead, SilverPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Animas AggregatesSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Atlanta TunnelGold, Lead, Thorium, Zinc, CopperPast Producer
Barstow MineFluorine-Fluorite, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Black BearLead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Camp Bird MineCopper, Gold, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer1896, 1900
Cora BelleLead, Gold, Copper, SilverPast ProducerPyrite
Double EagleGold, Thorium, Copper, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Galena QueenLead, Silver, Zinc, GoldPast Producer
HoffyGold, Zinc, Silver, LeadUnknown

Every working recorded in San Miguel 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
Pandora1.7 miles29
Liberty Bell2.2 miles29
Telluride3.1 miles29
San Miguel4.4 miles29
Mountain Village5.4 miles29
Alta (historical)6.3 miles29
Keystone6.6 miles27
Ophir6.9 miles28

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.