BlockBloom, Colorado
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Timpas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81059. The Survey maps it on the Bloom quadrangle. It stands 4,800 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1891 USGS Timpas quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Timpas quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS La Junta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS La Junta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS La Junta quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Bloom quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS La Junta quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Bloom quadrangle1:24000
- 1996 USGS Bloom quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Bloom between 2000 and 2020, burning about 201 acres in total. 1 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 | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 July 2000 | Natural | 190 acres | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | BLOOM |
| 31 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Las Animas County | DELHI 350 |
| 16 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | MODEL |
| 16 May 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | 350 I |
| 17 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Hoehne Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
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 Bloom: 2 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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.
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 Bloom | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q24883693 | 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 195786. 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.