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Ula, Colorado

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Westcliffe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81252. It stands on Venable Creek. The Survey maps it on the Beckwith Mountain quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Ula within Custer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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

47 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Ula (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 175 acres in total. 10 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/undetermined25
Natural10
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning2
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
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
28 September 2010Naturalunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
19 September 2010Naturalunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
15 September 2010Naturalunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
6 August 2007Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestMILLBALL
31 August 2018Natural1.0 acresWet Mountain Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
29 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWet Mountain Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
15 August 2010Naturalunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Custer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 50 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 50 workings within 5 miles of Ula (historical): 30 past producers, 9 prospects, 6 occurrences, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Manganese, Perlite, 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
Bull Domingo MineLead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, UraniumPast Producer1879, 1880, 1914
Dakota Maid ProspectSilver, Gold, LeadProspectGalena, Pyrite, Tetrahedrite
Defender MineSilver, Lead, Zinc, GoldPast Producer1882
Defender MineLead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Geyser MineLead, Silver, Gold, Copper, ZincPast Producer1878, 1880, 1911
Herman Passiflora MineSilver, Lead, Gold, Iron, CopperPast Producer1895
Immortal MineSilver, Iron, Lead, CopperPast Producer1882
Jit ProspectZinc, Lead, ManganeseProspectChalcopyrite, Galena
Kate MineSilver, Copper, Lead, IronPast Producer1885
Keystone MineSilver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Gold, IronPast Producer1880, 1895, 1964

Every working recorded in Custer 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
Westcliffe2.2 miles23
Silver Cliff3.1 miles23
Tanglewood Acres5.0 miles20
Querida9.0 miles26
Rosita9.5 miles24
Cold Spring13.7 miles24
McKenzie Junction16.5 miles24
Greenwood21.8 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1782041. 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.