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Cardiff, Colorado

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Glenwood Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81601. It lies near Red Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Glenwood Springs quadrangle.

Cardiff within Garfield County

On record in Cardiff

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 2 records

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 22 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 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Cardiff between 1992 and 2020, burning about 33,007 acres in total. 35 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined58
Natural35
Recreation and ceremony14
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1
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
29 September 1998Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionGLENWOOD
26 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined34 acresNorthwest District, Grand JunctionGFX ASSIST 17
20 September 2010Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand Junction19TH STREET
2 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionWALMART COMMAND
13 September 2005Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionRED CANYON
8 August 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreGarfield CountySOUTH OAK WAY
8 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersGLENWOOD SPRINGS
7 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarbondale & Rural Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Garfield County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Cardiff: 3 occurrences, 3 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension, Limestone, General, 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
Glenwood SpringsGeothermalUnknown
UnknownLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
UnknownClayOccurrenceClay
Glenwood Lime QuarryLimestone, DimensionProducer
Marblehead QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Jammeron PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand and Gravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand and Gravel
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Garfield 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
Glenwood Springs3.2 miles22
No Name3.9 miles22
Cattle Creek4.2 miles15
Funston4.3 miles22
Kiggin6.7 miles16
Satank7.7 miles16
Chacra8.6 miles20
Carbondale8.9 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 174090. 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.