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Badger House Community, Colorado

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Mancos census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81334. The Survey maps it on the Wetherill Mesa quadrangle. It stands 7,126 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Badger House Community within Montezuma County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

475 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 475 fires within 5 miles of Badger House Community (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 11,815 acres in total. 465 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
Natural465
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Smoking3
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 September 2009Naturalunder an acreMesa Verde National ParkSUN POINT
9 September 2009Naturalunder an acreMesa Verde National ParkLOST
9 September 2009Naturalunder an acreMesa Verde National ParkJOURNEY
9 September 2005Naturalunder an acreMesa Verde National ParkCHICK
7 September 2000Naturalunder an acreMesa Verde National ParkMOCCASIN
6 September 2018Naturalunder an acreMesa Verde National ParkWILD HORSE
5 September 2009Naturalunder an acreMesa Verde National ParkLONG
4 September 2009Naturalunder an acreMesa Verde National ParkRANGER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montezuma County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Badger House Community (historical): 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mesa Verde QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect

Every working recorded in Montezuma 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
Echo House (historical)2.3 miles12
Swallows Nest (historical)4.1 miles25
Towaoc10.4 miles9
Cortez11.4 miles11
Weber15.6 miles11
Mancos16.9 miles11
Mariano18.0 miles10
Arriola18.5 miles12

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q65640489The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1956835. 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.