Wellsville, Colorado
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Cotopaxi census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81201. It lies near Box Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Wellsville quadrangle. It stands 6,893 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1954 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Howard quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1962 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Wellsville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Canon City quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Wellsville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
39 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Wellsville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 33 acres in total. 14 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | LONG FELLOW |
| 23 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | SALIDA |
| 18 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Arkansas Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 16 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Howard Fire Department | N/A |
| 15 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | CHARLIE |
| 12 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | SALIDA |
| 4 July 2017 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Arkansas Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 3 July 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | BOOT FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 44 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 44 workings within 5 miles of Wellsville: 16 past producers, 15 occurrences, 7 producers, 4 prospects. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Tungsten, Gypsum-Anhydrite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calcite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium | Past Producer | ||
| Cleora District | Copper, Tungsten, Gold | Past Producer | 1870 | |
| Grand View Mine | Copper, Tungsten, Gold | Past Producer | 1890, 1905 | |
| Taylor Gulch Quarry | Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Limestone | |
| Unknown | Marble, Dimension | Occurrence | Metamorphic | |
| Wellsville Warm Spring | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Colorado Travertine | Limestone, General | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| G L Davis | Magnesite, Tungsten | Past Producer | ||
| G.L. Davis Mine | Tungsten, Magnesite | Past Producer | ||
| Gypse Queen Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver | Producer | 1901 |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howard | 4.8 miles | 19 | |
| Vallie | 9.7 miles | 19 | |
| Whitehorn | 11.0 miles | 15 | |
| Coaldale | 11.6 miles | 18 | |
| Pleasanton | 12.0 miles | 17 | |
| Cotopaxi | 14.2 miles | 17 | |
| Texas Creek | 18.2 miles | 15 | |
| Echo | 19.9 miles | 15 |
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 Wellsville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16258787 | The 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 191727. 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.









