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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 27 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.
- 1913 USGS Summitville quadrangle1:125000
- 1915 USGS Summitville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1945 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Wolf Creek Pass quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1961 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Jackson Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Antonito quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
149 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 68 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | TURKEY CREEK |
| 7 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | JOHNNY CREEK |
| 5 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | CF 1070 |
| 4 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | CHOCOLATE |
| 30 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pagosa Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 30 September 2012 | Natural | 5.0 acres | San Juan National Forest | ROBINSON |
| 26 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pagosa Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 25 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | San Juan National Forest | MILL CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Queen | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Iceland Spar | Feldspar | Past Producer | ||
| Treasure-Comstock | Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Pagosa Springs | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Pagosa Springs | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Paul Day Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sand and Gravel |
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.
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 Q122543525 | The 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.










