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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.

Burnt Mill within Pueblo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 18 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

26 since 1995

Regional 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/undetermined21
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
3 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-Canon City Districtnot named
21 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBeulah Valley Volunteer Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
15 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-Canon City Districtnot named
13 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBeulah Valley Volunteer Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
11 August 2014Naturalunder an acreRye Fire Protection DepartmentUNKNOWN
10 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-Canon City Districtnot named
7 July 2013Natural1.0 acresRye Fire Protection DepartmentUNKNOWN
6 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBeulah Valley Volunteer Fire DepartmentN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pueblo County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownClayUnknown
Unknown Clay PitClayUnknown
Rock Creek MineFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Rock Creek MineFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
UnknownFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence

Every working recorded in Pueblo 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
Goodpasture6.9 miles22
Colorado City7.6 miles17
Cedar Grove7.7 miles22
Beulah Valley9.1 miles22
Valley View9.6 miles22
Beulah10.2 miles22
Greenhorn10.4 miles17
Capers Spur (historical)10.9 miles16

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.