BlockBadito, Colorado
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Walsenburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81089. It stands on South Oak Creek. The Survey maps it on the Farisita quadrangle. It stands 6,431 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1889 USGS Huerfano Park quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Huerfano Park quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Farisita quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Blanca Peak quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
10 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Badito between 1999 and 2018, burning about 108 acres in total. 5 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Royal Gorge Field Office | SOUTH GREENHORN |
| 14 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Royal Gorge Field Office | BADITO CONE |
| 27 July 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Royal Gorge Field Office | BADITO CONE |
| 15 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | WALSENBURG |
| 11 July 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Royal Gorge Field Office | BADITO |
| 11 June 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 4 May 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 7.0 acres | Huerfano County Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 27 April 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | BADITO CONE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Badito: 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Vanadium, Silver, Copper, Vanadium, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bell Air Claims | Uranium, Vanadium, Silver, Copper | Prospect | Coffinite | |
| Stumbling Stud Mine | Vanadium, Uranium, Zirconium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Thorium | Past Producer | Coffinite | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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.
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.
| Wikipedia article on Badito | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4840966 | The 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 192690. 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.