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Wallstreet, Colorado

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Bald Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80302. It lies near Schoolhouse Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Gold Hill quadrangle.

Wallstreet within Boulder County

On record in Wallstreet

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 28 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

227 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 227 fires within 5 miles of Wallstreet between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,546 acres in total. 55 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/undetermined113
Natural55
Recreation and ceremony29
Arson/incendiarism8
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking4
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1

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 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandIA 657
7 September 1994Naturalunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandHAWKINS
7 September 1994Naturalunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandNORTH EAST SUGARLOAF
6 September 2010Debris and open burning6,382 acresRoyal Gorge Field OfficeFOURMILE CANYON
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersBOULDER
5 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandMT. ALTO
30 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
3 September 2013Smokingunder an acreLefthand Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boulder County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 483 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 483 workings within 5 miles of Wallstreet: 283 past producers, 151 occurrences, 42 producers, 5 unknowns. 42 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Tungsten, 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
Beryl #2Niobium (Columbium), Feldspar, Beryllium, MicaProducerBeryl, Feldspar, Mica
Beryl No.1 & 2 ClaimsBeryllium, Mica, Niobium (Columbium), FeldsparPast Producer
Cobalt Gold Mining CoNickel, GoldPast Producer
Copper GlanceGold, CopperProducerVein
Copper GlanceGold, Talc-SoapstoneUnknown
Copper King MineCobalt, Copper, NickelPast Producer1880, 1940
Copper King Nickel MineCobalt, Nickel, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Niccolite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite
Fairday MineUranium, Lead, Silver, Fluorine-FluoriteProducerGalena, Pitchblende, Pyrite
Gold Hill DistrictSilver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, TelluriumPast Producer1859
Goldsmith MaidGold, Lead, Silver, Uranium, ZincPast 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
Mountain Meadows1.2 miles28
Summerville1.3 miles28
Salina1.3 miles29
Gold Run1.5 miles28
Crisman1.6 miles29
Sugarloaf1.7 miles28
Gold Hill2.0 miles28
Sunshine2.3 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 178520. 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.