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Waunita Hot Springs, Colorado

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Gunnison census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81230. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pitkin quadrangle.

Waunita Hot Springs within Gunnison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

13 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Waunita Hot Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 29 acres in total. 9 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
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Debris and open burning1

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
7 August 2004Naturalunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsHORSESHOE
2 August 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forestsnot named
15 August 2007Naturalunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsTOMICHI DOME
8 July 2010Naturalunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsCANYON CREEK
6 July 2000Natural24 acresGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsCALF CREEK
26 July 2003Naturalunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsQUARTZ CREEK
24 July 2018Natural1.5 acresSouthwest District, MontroseTOMICHI DOME
23 July 2006Naturalunder an acreGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsMINGO GULCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gunnison County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Waunita Hot Springs: 12 occurrences, 9 producers, 5 unknowns, 2 past producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Kyanite. 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
Abe Lincoln TunnelCopperOccurrenceCopper
Lookout Mountain AreaKyanite, Mica, QuartzPast Producer
UnknownFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
UnknownGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrenceSedimentary
UnknownGemstoneOccurrenceMetamorphic
UnknownSilver, Lead, Zinc, GoldProducerChalcopyrite, Sphalerite
Waunita Hot SpringsGeothermalProducer
IndependenceGold, SilverOccurrenceGold, Silver
RooseveltGold, CopperOccurrenceVein
UnknownKyaniteOccurrenceKyanite

Every working recorded in Gunnison 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
Whitepine6.4 miles20
Ohio6.6 miles19
Pitkin6.6 miles19
Doyleville6.9 miles12
Campbelltown (historical)7.4 miles19
Parlin11.7 miles20
Sillsville14.2 miles12
Tincup16.7 miles16

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 Q122560428The 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 204754. 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.