BlockBarela, Colorado
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Trinidad census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81081. It stands on Ocaña Creek. The Survey maps it on the Barela quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1892 USGS Elmoro quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Elmoro quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Elmoro 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
- 1971 USGS Barela quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
6 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Barela between 2004 and 2020, burning about 2,632 acres in total. 2 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 | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 9 July 2013 | Natural | 100 acres | Fishers Peak Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 7 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 5 June 2020 | Natural | 2,521 acres | Las Animas County | BARELA FIRE |
| 17 April 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 18 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Barela: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abeyta | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| San Miguel | 7.2 miles | 16 | |
| Patterson Crossing | 7.6 miles | 15 | |
| Beshoar | 10.4 miles | 18 | |
| Engleville | 11.6 miles | 18 | |
| Trinchera | 12.4 miles | 15 | |
| Hoehne | 13.1 miles | 15 | |
| Trinidad | 13.2 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 194884. 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.