BlockBondad, Colorado
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Durango Southwest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81303. It lies near Little Cow Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Long Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1908 USGS Ignacio quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1924 USGS Ignacio quadrangle1:125000, 4 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
- 1968 USGS Long Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Durango quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
337 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 337 fires within 5 miles of Bondad between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,556 acres in total. 287 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 287 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Ute Agency | COTTONWOOD |
| 5 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Ute Agency | LONG |
| 5 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Ute Agency | WALLEYE |
| 5 September 2001 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Southern Ute Agency | BEEF RIDGE |
| 4 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Ute Agency | TACO |
| 4 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Ute Agency | SMOLDERING |
| 30 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Ute Agency | WOUNDEDELK |
| 3 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Ute Agency | SOUTH BLACK RIDGE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bondad in 2 storm reports between 2005 and 2016: 1 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bondad | $2,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds produced minor damage at a residence. The damage included a large trampoline which was anchored into the ground over a foot deep at all legs and was ripped out and totally demolished. |
| September 2005 | Heavy Rain | Bondad | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Posta | 5.6 miles | 20 | |
| Oxford | 12.1 miles | 20 | |
| Griffth (historical) | 12.4 miles | 20 | |
| Falfa | 12.4 miles | 20 | |
| Grandview | 12.8 miles | 20 | |
| Piñon Acres | 12.9 miles | 20 | |
| Loma Linda | 13.0 miles | 20 | |
| Carbon Junction | 13.2 miles | 20 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122541218 | 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 203010. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.