BlockAvalo, Colorado
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Raymer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80754. The Survey maps it on the Avalo quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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
- 1978 USGS Avalo quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Avalo quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Avalo in 2016, burning about 120 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 120 acres | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | HORSE TAIL |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stoneham | 13.7 miles | 7 | |
| Raymer | 16.9 miles | 7 | |
| New Raymer | 17.0 miles | 7 | |
| Buckingham | 21.4 miles | 7 | |
| Keota | 23.6 miles | 13 | |
| Grover | 30.8 miles | 13 | |
| Hereford | 36.7 miles | 12 | |
| Briggsdale | 37.7 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 171144. 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.