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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1956 USGS Grand Junction quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Grand Junction quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Grand Junction quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Grand Junction quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Baxter Pass quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Grand Junction quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Grand Junction quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Douglas Pass quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
35 since 1993Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 33 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2001 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Northwest District, Grand Junction | W FORK |
| 5 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | ATCHEE |
| 2 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | HILLMAN |
| 15 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | EARL |
| 13 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | MAVERICK |
| 9 August 2009 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Northwest District, Grand Junction | ATCHEE |
| 3 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | WEST SALT |
| 3 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | BAXTER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carbonera | 7.6 miles | 13 | |
| Una | 44.1 miles | 16 | |
| Parachute | 46.2 miles | 16 | |
| Battlement Mesa | 47.8 miles | 16 | |
| Rulison | 51.7 miles | 13 | |
| Anvil Points | 52.6 miles | 23 | |
| Rifle | 59.9 miles | 20 | |
| Antlers | 62.8 miles | 20 |
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.







