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.
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.
Cardiff Coke Ovenslisted 1996 · 0.1 miles away
Sumers Lodgelisted 1997 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 22 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.
- 1927 USGS Glenwood Springs quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1930 USGS Glenwood Springs quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Glenwood Springs quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1962 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Glenwood Springs quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
114 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 58 |
| Natural | 35 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | GLENWOOD |
| 26 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 acres | Northwest District, Grand Junction | GFX ASSIST 17 |
| 20 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | 19TH STREET |
| 2 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | WALMART COMMAND |
| 13 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | RED CANYON |
| 8 August 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Garfield County | SOUTH OAK WAY |
| 8 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | GLENWOOD SPRINGS |
| 7 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenwood Springs | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Unknown | Clay | Occurrence | Clay | |
| Glenwood Lime Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Marblehead Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Jammeron Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sand and Gravel | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sand and Gravel | |
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenwood Springs | 3.2 miles | 22 | |
| No Name | 3.9 miles | 22 | |
| Cattle Creek | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Funston | 4.3 miles | 22 | |
| Kiggin | 6.7 miles | 16 | |
| Satank | 7.7 miles | 16 | |
| Chacra | 8.6 miles | 20 | |
| Carbondale | 8.9 miles | 16 |
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.








