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Buckingham, Colorado

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Fort Collins census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80524. The Survey maps it on the Fort Collins quadrangle.

Buckingham within Larimer County

On record in Buckingham

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 12 of 15 shown

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Every listing in Larimer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 29 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

534 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 534 fires within 5 miles of Buckingham between 2003 and 2019, burning about 923 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined452
Smoking31
Equipment and vehicle use25
Debris and open burning7
Fireworks7
Natural6
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony2
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
5 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePoudre Fire AuthorityUNKNOWN
4 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePoudre Fire AuthorityUNKNOWN
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePoudre Fire AuthorityUNKNOWN
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePoudre Fire AuthorityUNKNOWN
30 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersFORT COLLINS
30 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersFORT COLLINS
29 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersFORT COLLINS
26 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersFORT COLLINS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Larimer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Buckingham: 15 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gypsum-Anhydrite, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Graphite Nos 1 To 7GraphiteProducer
UnknownFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
UnknownGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrenceSedimentary
Unnamed MineGypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
Boettcher Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Colo Lien CompanyStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Fort CollinsStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
State LeaseStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Adams Transit PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Barker PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Larimer 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
Andersonville0.5 miles29
Fort Collins1.0 miles29
Black Hollow Junction2.0 miles29
Arrowhead2.3 miles29
Drakes2.6 miles29
Sinnard3.3 miles29
Mountain View3.3 miles31
Kenyon Corner3.4 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 177437. 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.