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Webster, Colorado

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Fairplay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80448. It lies near Kenosha Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Mount Logan quadrangle.

Webster within Park County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

34 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Webster between 1994 and 2020, burning about 430 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined11
Natural10
Recreation and ceremony10
Firearms and explosives use1
Debris and open burning1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
30 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestRED CONE
19 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestKENOSHA
12 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A
9 August 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestCOLORADO TRAIL
3 August 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePike and San Isabel National Forestnot named
23 August 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestWEBSTER
22 August 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestCAMP
14 August 2018Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestBEST GULCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Park County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Webster: 7 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Vanadium, Iron. 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
Gore MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Handcart Gulch-Hall Valley DepositIronPast Producer
Roadside MineAntimonyPast Producer
Gem Dandy ProspectUranium, VanadiumPast Producer1950, 1971
Mac George ProspectUranium, VanadiumPast Producer1956
Donna LouFluorine-FluoritePast Producer
Donna Lou, GuernseyFluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Guernsey Kenosha Pass MineFluorine-FluoritePast Producer
Jim Dandy No. 1UraniumUnknown
Tedco ClaimsUraniumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Park 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
Grant3.1 miles20
Santa Maria4.6 miles20
Weller5.3 miles18
Singleton6.4 miles18
Jefferson7.0 miles26
Shawnee9.2 miles18
Highland Park10.5 miles18
Glenisle11.7 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 183209. 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.