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Wondervu, Colorado

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Bald Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80403. It lies near Winiger Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Tungsten quadrangle.

Wondervu within Boulder County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 25 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

169 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 169 fires within 5 miles of Wondervu between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,115 acres in total. 38 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/undetermined90
Natural38
Recreation and ceremony28
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 1993Naturalunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-Boulder Districtnot named
7 September 1994Naturalunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandHAWKINS
20 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCoal Creek Canyon Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
17 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCoal Creek Canyon Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
16 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-Boulder Districtnot named
15 September 2000Natural1,087 acresRoyal Gorge Field OfficeELDORADO
14 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGilpin CountyUNKNOWN
12 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCoal Creek Canyon Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boulder County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 84 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 84 workings within 5 miles of Wondervu: 54 past producers, 20 occurrences, 6 producers, 2 prospects. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Stone. 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
Bankers Lode ClaimCopper, UraniumOccurrenceChalcocite
Golder-Passarella ClaimsUraniumProspect
Jay BirdTungsten, Silver, GoldPast Producer
KekiongaGold, Silver, TungstenPast Producer
Lucky Strike, Last NickelTungsten, Lead, ZincProducerFerberite, Galena
Mtn. Lion-KeystoneMolybdenumOccurrenceMolybdenite
NuggetGold, Copper, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
NuggetGold, Zinc, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Unnamed Cu ProspectCopperOccurrenceChalcocite, Malachite
Blue Vein, Winnebago, Campania, DeadwoodGold, TungstenOccurrenceGold

Every working recorded in Boulder 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
Miramonte1.2 miles31
Coal Creek1.6 miles25
Crescent Village1.8 miles31
Copperdale2.5 miles31
Lake Shore Park2.7 miles31
Crescent2.8 miles31
Ridgewood3.2 miles25
Aspen Meadows3.6 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 181132. 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.