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Buttes, Colorado

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Fountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80817. The Survey maps it on the Buttes quadrangle.

Buttes within El Paso County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 30 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

114 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Buttes between 1993 and 2018, burning about 61,963 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined66
Equipment and vehicle use20
Smoking8
Natural7
Debris and open burning5
Arson/incendiarism4
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1

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
9 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFountain Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
8 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFountain Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFountain Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
6 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHanover Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
5 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFountain Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
24 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHanover Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
23 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreEl Paso Countynot named
18 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFountain Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Paso County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Buttes: 7 producers, 1 occurrence. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel

Every working recorded in El Paso 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
Wigwam3.7 miles30
Henkel5.1 miles30
Fountain6.8 miles32
Widefield10.5 miles32
Rock Creek Park12.1 miles34
Fort Carson12.2 miles34
Security12.5 miles32
Skinners13.5 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 193662. 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.