Talk:South Park (Park County, Colorado)

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Someone needs to fix this: The largest town in the basin, Fairplay, with a population of 610, sits on the far north edge of the valley." Jefferson sits on the far north edge. Fairplay is on the western side. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 159.53.46.140 (talk) 17:41, 15 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I moved this from "South Park Basin" to "South Park (Colorado basin)". The tag "Basin" is incorrect and redundant, since "Park" already signifies a mountain basin. -- Decumanus 16:15, 2005 Mar 13 (UTC)

....And I moved it back, since the word "park" has nothing to do with mountains, nor can it possibly be incorrect since "South Park" is the name of the place, and "South Park park" would therefore not be redundant (although it would be incorrect since this is not a park).

~Rayvn 04:53, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

.... Geologist here. South Park is considered a geologic basin, a broad depositional area where sediment accumulates. In is also what geologists call a "park": "A term used in the Rocky Mountain region of Colorado and Wyoming for a wide, grassy open valley lying at a high altitude and walled in by wooded mountains; e.g. South Park in central Colorado." Neuendorf, Klaus K.E. Mehl, James P., Jr. Jackson, Julia A.. (2011). Glossary of Geology (5th Edition). American Geosciences Institute (AGI). In this case, the "park" is formed between the Mosquito Range along the west side and the Front Range on the east. The Park Range forms the western margin of North Park, not South Park as stated in the first paragraph.Carpenter, Kenneth (talk) 23:49, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Hence, the television series is probably named after the geographic region." No, I'm quite positive that is, in fact, named after this region. The show is based on South Park, Colorado.

I added the date 1844 for the second Fremont Expedition. Source: Roadside History of Colorado by James McTigue revised 1989 p 219. -- A Gallensky Upper Arkasnsas and South Platte Project.

Random updates do not need to be posted about unless you believe there could be controversy.

~Rayvn 04:53, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

- The photo sure looks like the geography of the "South Park" animated series. NEDIB AMABO (talk) 18:45, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

...?

~Rayvn 04:53, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

Although South Park contains some of the same geologic formations that yield oil and gas in the Denver Basin further east, efforts to find commercial oil and gas in South Park have so far proven unsuccessful.

What the hell does this mean? Are there two different types of oil that would be found in the ground in the United States and also could be refererred to as "oil and gas"? If so, the types of oil found and not found need to be specified. If not, this line needs to be changed to "...but have not so far been commercially mined."

~Rayvn 04:53, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

Broadly speaking, oil is oil (and it is only rarely "mined"). By "the same geologic formations," the article is referring to named layers such as the Niobrara Formation, Pierre Shale, and Dakota Sandstone that host commercial oil and deposits just east of the Front Range. Plazak (talk) 13:09, 12 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]