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Atchee, Colorado

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the West Garfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81630. It lies near Railroad Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Baxter Pass quadrangle.

Atchee within Garfield County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

35 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Atchee between 1993 and 2018, burning about 118 acres in total. 33 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
Natural33
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
7 September 2001Natural2.0 acresNorthwest District, Grand JunctionW FORK
5 September 2007Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionATCHEE
2 September 2015Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionHILLMAN
15 September 2015Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionEARL
13 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionMAVERICK
9 August 2009Natural2.0 acresNorthwest District, Grand JunctionATCHEE
3 August 2013Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionWEST SALT
3 August 2013Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionBAXTER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Garfield 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
Carbonera7.6 miles13
Una44.1 miles16
Parachute46.2 miles16
Battlement Mesa47.8 miles16
Rulison51.7 miles13
Anvil Points52.6 miles23
Rifle59.9 miles20
Antlers62.8 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 172111. 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.