Burnt Mill, Colorado
18 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 81023. The Survey maps it on the Muldoon Hill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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 Pueblo quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1896 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Muldoon Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
26 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Burnt Mill between 1995 and 2020, burning about 26 acres in total. 3 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 | 21 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-Canon City District | not named |
| 21 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Beulah Valley Volunteer Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 15 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-Canon City District | not named |
| 13 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Beulah Valley Volunteer Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 11 August 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Rye Fire Protection Department | UNKNOWN |
| 10 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-Canon City District | not named |
| 7 July 2013 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Rye Fire Protection Department | UNKNOWN |
| 6 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Beulah Valley Volunteer Fire Department | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Burnt Mill: 3 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Clay Pit | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Rock Creek Mine | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | ||
| Rock Creek Mine | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goodpasture | 6.9 miles | 22 | |
| Colorado City | 7.6 miles | 17 | |
| Cedar Grove | 7.7 miles | 22 | |
| Beulah Valley | 9.1 miles | 22 | |
| Valley View | 9.6 miles | 22 | |
| Beulah | 10.2 miles | 22 | |
| Greenhorn | 10.4 miles | 17 | |
| Capers Spur (historical) | 10.9 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 193837. 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.











