BlockTroublesome, Colorado
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Kremmling census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80459. It lies near Sulphur Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Junction Butte quadrangle. It stands 7,363 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1954 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Kremmling quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Junction Butte quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Steamboat Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Troublesome between 1996 and 2020, burning about 26 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | LOWER BLUE |
| 16 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kremmling Field Office | HORSE GULCH |
| 6 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | KREMMLING |
| 31 July 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | GRANDBY |
| 2 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | CORRAL CREEK |
| 3 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kremmling Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 21 June 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | COW GULCH |
| 16 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Northwest District, Craig | CONFLUENCE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Troublesome: 9 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elk Mtn Copper | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Volcanic Materials | Occurrence | Ash | |
| Unknown | Pumice | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Uranium, Vanadium | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence | Carnotite | |
| Blue Ridge | Copper | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Copper | Occurrence | Copper | |
| Unknown | Stone, Dimension | Occurrence |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Troublesome | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27988086 | 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 173189. 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.