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Tungsten, Colorado

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Bald Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80466. It lies near Hurricane Hill. The Survey maps it on the Tungsten quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Tungsten within Boulder County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 25 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

298 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 298 fires within 5 miles of Tungsten (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,196 acres in total. 34 started naturally. 8 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined148
Recreation and ceremony81
Natural34
Equipment and vehicle use11
Arson/incendiarism8
Debris and open burning5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes2

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 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNederland Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
8 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandIA 657
8 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandSITE 11 FIRE
8 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNederland Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNederland Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
8 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNederland Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
7 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland925A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boulder County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 281 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 281 workings within 5 miles of Tungsten (historical): 184 past producers, 70 occurrences, 20 producers, 4 unknowns. 21 still produce. What was taken out: Tungsten, Gold, Silver, Gold, 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
Blue Bird MineCopper, Gold, Zinc, Lead, SilverPast ProducerUnderground
Boulder Co. MineSilver, Gold, Tungsten, LeadOccurrenceVein
Boulder County TunnelCopper, Gold, Lead, ZincOccurrence1870
Caribou Mine (based on DMEA uranium report)Zinc, Gold, Lead, Silver, UraniumPast Producer1869
Champion, Lone StarGold, Silver, CopperOccurrenceVein
Clark TunnelTungsten, Silver, GoldUnknown
Copper GlanceGold, CopperProducerVein
Copper GlanceGold, Talc-SoapstoneUnknown
Cougar, GreybackMolybdenum, TungstenOccurrenceMolybdenite
FairheavenEmery, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Boulder 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
Bonanza Mountain Estates0.4 miles25
Whispering Pine0.5 miles25
Saint Ann Highlands1.5 miles25
Nederland2.0 miles29
Caribou City2.3 miles29
Ridgewood2.8 miles25
Switzerland Park3.0 miles28
Silver Springs3.2 miles28

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 Tungsten (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27995435The 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 181150. 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.