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Treasure, Colorado

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Pagosa Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81147. It stands on Fourmile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jackson Mountain quadrangle.

Treasure within Archuleta County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 27 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

149 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 149 fires within 5 miles of Treasure between 1992 and 2020, burning about 187 acres in total. 68 started naturally. 2 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
Natural68
Missing data/not specified/undetermined45
Recreation and ceremony26
Equipment and vehicle use4
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2019Naturalunder an acreSan Juan National ForestTURKEY CREEK
7 September 1995Naturalunder an acreSan Juan National ForestJOHNNY CREEK
5 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSan Juan National ForestCF 1070
4 September 2004Naturalunder an acreSan Juan National ForestCHOCOLATE
30 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePagosa Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
30 September 2012Natural5.0 acresSan Juan National ForestROBINSON
26 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePagosa Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
25 September 1995Naturalunder an acreSan Juan National ForestMILL CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Archuleta County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Treasure: 3 producers, 3 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Geothermal, Zinc, Copper, Lead, 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
Copper QueenGold, Copper, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Iceland SparFeldsparPast Producer
Treasure-ComstockGold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Pagosa SpringsGeothermalProducer
Pagosa SpringsGeothermalUnknown
Paul Day PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand and Gravel

Every working recorded in Archuleta 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
Pagosa Springs3.8 miles19
Nutria10.2 miles21
Dyke13.5 miles21
Lonetree14.8 miles21
Altura14.9 miles21
Trujillo15.2 miles21
Kearns16.2 miles21
Chromo20.1 miles24

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122543525The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 197190. 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.