BlockAdena, Colorado
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Wiggins census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80701. The Survey maps it on the Adena quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1954 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Adena quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1980 USGS Fort Morgan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Adena in 2017, burning about 4 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Fort Morgan Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Adena: 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
4 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Adena in 4 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 2 hail, 2 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Hail | Adena | - | Estimated time. |
| June 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Adena | - | A landspout touched down briefly in an open field. No damage was observed. |
| June 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Adena | - | A tornado touched down briefly but no damage was observed. |
| May 1996 | Hail | Adena | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twelvemile Corner | 6.7 miles | 8 | |
| Ninemile Corner | 8.9 miles | 8 | |
| Hoyt | 10.0 miles | 15 | |
| Lamb | 16.5 miles | 8 | |
| Gary | 16.6 miles | 7 | |
| Fort Morgan | 17.3 miles | 10 | |
| Moseley | 18.0 miles | 8 | |
| Wiggins | 18.2 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 182997. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.