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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.

Wellsville within Fremont County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

39 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Other causes1
Arson/incendiarism1
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
29 August 2002Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestLONG FELLOW
23 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersSALIDA
18 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Arkansas Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
16 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHoward Fire DepartmentN/A
15 August 2015Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestCHARLIE
12 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersSALIDA
4 July 2017Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Arkansas Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
3 July 2006Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestBOOT FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fremont County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 44 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Calcite QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, CalciumPast Producer
Cleora DistrictCopper, Tungsten, GoldPast Producer1870
Grand View MineCopper, Tungsten, GoldPast Producer1890, 1905
Taylor Gulch QuarryLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerLimestone
UnknownMarble, DimensionOccurrenceMetamorphic
Wellsville Warm SpringGeothermalUnknown
Colorado TravertineLimestone, GeneralProducerSedimentary
G L DavisMagnesite, TungstenPast Producer
G.L. Davis MineTungsten, MagnesitePast Producer
Gypse Queen MineCopper, Gold, SilverProducer1901

Every working recorded in Fremont 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
Howard4.8 miles19
Vallie9.7 miles19
Whitehorn11.0 miles15
Coaldale11.6 miles18
Pleasanton12.0 miles17
Cotopaxi14.2 miles17
Texas Creek18.2 miles15
Echo19.9 miles15

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 WellsvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q16258787The 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.