Sanborn fire insurance maps: inventory of collection at SW Studies Center

"In the simplest terms these maps were conceived for, and throughout their history have been primarily used by, fire insurance underwriters to determine the risk involved in insuring individual buildings in urban areas against loss in a conflagration. D.A. Sanborn's Company founded 1867 in New York City, was not the first of the type, but since that time has monopolized the industry." (Source: Geography Map Library, California State University Northridge, which "has one of the largest collections of Sanborn Fire Insurance maps in the country.")

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This is a listing of more than 200 Sanborn maps that are available for researchers' use on microfilm (Collection I 068) in the Delaney Southwest Research Library at the Center of Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado. (You must be at the Delaney Library to access these.)

In addition (as noted in the following list), the Center has (in Collection C 001, the Southwest Map Collection) two hard copy original Sanborn maps of portions of the City of Durango (Colo.): August 1904 (a photocopy) and April 1931 (original). These too are available for use only in the Delaney Library (ask the archivist if you need to access either of those).

The entries in this listing are arranged geographically by state, then by city, then by the month and year that the Sanborn Company produced the map.

Arizona
*State*	*City*	*County*	*Date of map*	*Roll #*	*Map #*
AZ	AJO	Pima	9/1931	1	130
AZ	ASH FORK	Yavapai	10/1927	1	133
AZ	BENSON	Cochise	7/1886	1	134
AZ	BISBEE	Cochise	4/1901	1	135
AZ	BOWIE	Cochise	8/1915	1	136
AZ	BUCKEYE	Maricopa	9/1931	1	137
AZ	CASA	Pinal	11/1890	1	138
AZ	CHANDLER	Maricopa	5/1915	1	139
AZ	CLARKDALE	Yavapai	10/1915	1	140
AZ	CLIFTON	Greenlee	5/1901	1	141
AZ	COCHISE	Cochise	8/1927	1	142
AZ	CONGRESS	Yavapai	12/1910	1	143
AZ	COOLIDGE	Pinal	9/1931	1	144
AZ	COTTONWOOD	Pinal	1/1939	1	145
AZ	COURTLAND		8/1927	1	146
AZ	DOUGLAS	Cochise	4/1904	1	147
AZ	DUNCAN	Graham	6/1914	1	148
AZ	FLAGSTAFF	Coconino	10/1890	1	149
AZ	FLORENCE	Pinal	11/1890	1	150
AZ	GILA BEND	Maricopa	8/1931	1	151
AZ	GILBERT	Maricopa	4/1923	1	152
AZ	GLENDALE	Maricopa	4/1915	1	153
AZ	GLOBE	Gila	5/1893	2	154
AZ	HAYDEN	Gila	9/1927	2	155
AZ	HOLBROOK	Navajo	11/1917	2	156
AZ	HUMBOLDT	Yavapai	9/1917	2	157
AZ	JEROME	Yavapai	5/1898	2	158
AZ	KINGMAN	Grand	10/1890	2	159
AZ	MESA	Maricopa	5/1898	2	160
AZ	MIAMI	Gila	9/1915	2	161
AZ	MORENCI	Pima	6/1904	2	162
AZ	NACO	Cochise	4/1904	2	163
AZ	NOGALES	Santa Cruz	11/1890	2	164
AZ	PARKER	La Paz	9/1917	2	165
AZ	PATAGONIA	Santa Cruz	9/1927	2	166
AZ	PEARCE	Cochise	8/1927	2	167
AZ	PEORIA	Boulder	6/1927	2	168
AZ	TUCSON	Pima	7/1886	4	180
AZ	WICKENBURG	Maricopa	10/1915	4	181
AZ	WILLCOX	Cochise	4/1893	4	182
AZ	WILLIAMS	Coconino	12/1892	4	183
AZ	WINKELMAN	Gila	7/1915	4	184
AZ	WINSLOW	Navajo	11/1890	4	185
AZ	YUMA	Yuma	6/1893	4	186
Colorado
*State*	*City*	*County*	*Date of map*	*Roll #*	*Map #*
CO	CENTRAL	Gilpin	8/1886	2	972
CO	CHEYENNE WELLS	Cheyenne	7/1911	2	973
CO	COAL	Fremont	7/1893	2	974
CO	COLORADO CITY	Pueblo	10/1890	2	975
CO	COLORADO SPRINGS	El Paso	11/1883	2	976
CO	CORTEZ	Montezuma	9/1919	2	977
CO	CRAIG	Moffat	9/1914	2	978
CO	CREEDE	Mineral	2/1893	2	979
CO	CRESTED BUTTE	Gunnison	8/1886	2	980
CO	CRIPPLE CREEK	Teller	12/1894	2	981
CO	DE BEQUE	Mesa	11/1912	2	982
CO	DEL NORTE	Rio Grande	7/1886	2	983
CO	DELTA	Delta	10/1890	2	984
CO	DURANGO	La Plata	8/1904	photocopy
CO	DURANGO	La Plata	11/1910	original
CO	DURANGO	La Plata	4/1941	original
CO	GRAND JUNCTION	Mesa	8/1886	7	1007
CO	GRAND VALLEY		11/1907	7	1008

Arizona	Colorado	New Mexico	Utah
Online guides to Sanborn maps that are available at other repositories

Collections I 068 and C 001: Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps™ |of selected cities in the Four Corners region (listed by state, then by city)

Collections I 068 and C 001:
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps™ |of selected cities in the Four Corners region
(listed by state, then by city)