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Baxter, Colorado

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Pueblo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81001. The Survey maps it on the Devine quadrangle. It stands 4,607 feet above sea level.

Baxter within Pueblo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

389 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 389 fires within 5 miles of Baxter between 2011 and 2020, burning about 174 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 were 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/undetermined337
Recreation and ceremony13
Smoking11
Equipment and vehicle use9
Debris and open burning8
Arson/incendiarism6
Fireworks3
Natural1
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
6 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePueblo Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
4 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePueblo Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
4 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePueblo Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
29 September 2016Smokingunder an acrePueblo Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
28 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePueblo Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
28 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePueblo Rural Fire DistrictUNKNOWN
28 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePueblo Rural Fire DistrictUNKNOWN
26 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePueblo Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pueblo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Baxter: 7 producers, 5 unknowns, 3 occurrences. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Geothermal. 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
Artesian Well #25GeothermalProducer
UnknownSilicaUnknown
UnknownSilicaOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Peek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Pueblo 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
Devine1.8 miles20
Vineland2.7 miles17
Fearnowville3.6 miles24
Lombard Village4.5 miles23
Blende4.6 miles23
Nyberg5.0 miles20
Salt Creek5.7 miles23
Pueblo6.4 miles24

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 BaxterAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q24883679The 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 203691. 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.