BlockBaxterville, Colorado
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Del Norte census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81154. It stands on South Fork Rio Grande. The Survey maps it on the South Fork West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 22 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.
- 1914 USGS Creede quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1916 USGS Creede quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Durango quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS South Fork West quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS Del Norte quadrangle1:100000
- 2001 USGS South Fork West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
36 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Baxterville between 1993 and 2019, burning about 9,338 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Rio Grande National Forest | WILLOW |
| 12 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Rio Grande National Forest | WILLOW PARK |
| 1 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Rio Grande National Forest | MILLION SPOT |
| 5 August 2002 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Rio Grande National Forest | SHAW MESA |
| 20 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Rio Grande National Forest | TROUT |
| 17 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Rio Grande National Forest | LOST LAKE 2 |
| 13 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Rio Grande National Forest | not named |
| 9 July 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Rio Grande National Forest | CHURCH CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Baxterville: 2 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Fork | 1.0 miles | 22 | |
| Gerrard | 3.4 miles | 21 | |
| Alpine | 3.8 miles | 21 | |
| Hanna | 10.5 miles | 19 | |
| Del Norte | 16.1 miles | 19 | |
| Summitville (historical) | 17.2 miles | 24 | |
| Evansville | 18.0 miles | 19 | |
| Jasper | 20.5 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 190273. 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.