Wideawake, Colorado

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Central City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80422. It lies near Stewart Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Central City quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Wideawake within Gilpin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 27 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.

1905 USGS Central City quadrangle1:62500
1910 USGS Central City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1912 USGS Central City quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1942 USGS Central City quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1944 USGS Central City quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
1953 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
1957 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Central City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1983 USGS Denver West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

107 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Wideawake (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 23 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined	60
Recreation and ceremony	15
Natural	11
Smoking	8
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3
Arson/incendiarism	2
Fireworks	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Debris and open burning	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
8 September 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Central City Fire Department	N/A
7 September 1997	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland	PICKLE
3 September 1999	Natural	under an acre	Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland	MIKE FIRE
20 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Gilpin County	UNKNOWN
2 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland	GAMBLE GULCH
12 September 2017	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland	WHITE HORSE
12 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Gilpin County	UNKNOWN
9 August 2009	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland	BALD MOUNTAIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gilpin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 326 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 326 workings within 5 miles of Wideawake (historical): 217 past producers, 57 occurrences, 42 producers, 9 unknowns. 43 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Silver, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Anchor	Molybdenum, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc	Occurrence	Molybdenite, Pyrite, Fluorite
Baltimore-#7391	Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver	Past Producer	1867
Belfast & Shamrock	Lead, Zinc, Cadmium, Copper, Gold	Past Producer	1863
Big Moon	Gold, Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Blackhawk District	Tungsten, Gold, Silver, Copper	Producer	COPPER - SILVER - GOLD VEINS, DISSEMINATED
Bonanza	Gold, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Uranium	Unknown	Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite, Galena, Pitchblende
Carr Mine	Gold, Gemstone, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer	1864
Carrol Mine	Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Uranium	Unknown
Chase	Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver	Past Producer	Pyrite, Tennantite
Chihuahua Tungsten Mine	Tungsten, Lead, Silver, Gold	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Gilpin 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Perigo (historical)	2.1 miles	29
Apex (historical)	2.8 miles	27
Gilpin	2.9 miles	29
Central City	3.3 miles	27
Nugget	3.7 miles	27
American City (historical)	3.8 miles	27
Nevadaville	3.8 miles	27
Black Hawk	3.9 miles	29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 181541. 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.