BlockBalfour, Colorado
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Lake George census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80449. The Survey maps it on the Guffey NW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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 Pueblo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Guffey NW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Guffey quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Pikes Peak quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
9 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Balfour between 2011 and 2018, burning about 12 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 | 9 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | HARTSEL |
| 10 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Hartsel Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 9 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Hartsel Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 7 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Hartsel Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 22 June 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Hartsel Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 21 June 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Hartsel Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 20 June 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Hartsel Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 12 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | HARTSEL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Balfour: 4 producers, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Hill - Goldfield | Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead | Producer | ||
| Forest Hill Park Vein | Silver, Gold, Copper | Producer | Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sphalerite | |
| Unknown | Lead, Zinc | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Balfour Mines | Gold, Uranium | Producer | Gold | |
| Balfour Mines | Uranium, Gold | Past Producer | 1910 | |
| Greater Tallahassee Creek uranium prospect | Uranium | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trump (historical) | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Hartsel | 8.8 miles | 15 | |
| Pike-San Isabel Village | 10.0 miles | 15 | |
| Haver | 11.5 miles | 19 | |
| Glentivar | 11.6 miles | 18 | |
| Antero Junction | 12.8 miles | 19 | |
| Guffey | 15.2 miles | 16 | |
| Garo | 16.4 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 191103. 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.